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Lord of the Pit (Alpha Edition) $105,000 BGS Pristine 10 Why It's Valuable: One of the most feared monsters in early Magic

Fallen Shinobi and Biting-Palm Ninja can use their ninjutsu abilities easily with cheap flying faeries

I didnt doubt that it would be fun, but I had assumed it wouldnt impact the game much, and would instead be a bridge between the phenomenal Shimmering Skies set and whatever comes next

But sometimes you don't need the mana right away, and you'd rather get some sort of bonus from the land you grab

There are also creature-lands like Lair of the Hydra that have an activated ability that animates them into creatures, and some planeswalkers, including Gideon-type walkers like Gideon, Ally of Zendikar and Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, that have activated abilities or triggered abilities that let them become creatures

This ability does set the stats of the resurrected Pirate to 4/4, which may weaken some of the bigger targets, but for the most part, this is actually a positive, turning your aggressive early Pirates into legitimate threats later in the game