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This isnt what a blue deck wants to tap out to do on Turn 3

INGA AND ESIKA A year ago, the god Esika barely survived an attack from a Phyrexian invader who stole some essence of the World Tree

These arent the only decks that have ever seen play (like the various attempts to make Fastbond work after its unrestriction) but these are the ones that consistently see the most play

That or is absolutely massive, allowing you to regularly and easily trigger these valuable abilities without needing to draft and play a lot of combat tricks

For example, imagine I control the prowess creature [c]Heartfire Immolator[/c] while I cast the noncreature spell [c]Bronze Sword[/c]

The instant part is the attribute that made this the card of choice