For five mana split over two turns, you get the initiative (you already know how I feel about initiative), gain three life, draw a card, and create a Treasure token
My love affair with Samut, the Tested is sure to be reignited with this card
Top black common: Annihilating Glare The most popular common card in this set is the black card Annihilating Glare, which has an average pick position of 2.38
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I built a deck using both of my new favorite cards for Standard (at the time), here's the deck list: Creatures Sorcery 4x Thoughtseize 4x Damnation 2x Wrath of God Instant 4x Darkness 3x Dawn Charm Enchantment Artifact 3x Claws of Gix Lands 5x Plains 6x Swamp Sideboard 2x Wrath of God 3x Sudden Death 3x Distress I could gain huge card advantage with the Plans and lock down my opponent using Maralen to slowly drain their lives
That format had also just received a set of tapped artifact dual lands in addition to their established cycle of untapped single color artifact lands