Turning The Prince, Never Gives Up from Rise of the Floodborn into a one willpower and three health with Resist plus two and three lore Bodyguard is incredible value
Fighting results in a nonland permanent going back to its owners hand, whereas finding a crossing grants a creature +1/+0 until end of turn and stops them being blocked, too
In an era of IsshinsIsshins and KarlachsKarlachs, it's easy to assume Aurelia was the start of this phenomenon
Commander Wick, the Whorled Mind Whenever Wick or another Rat you control enters, create a 1/1 black Snail creature token if you don't control a Snail
Javier Garcia-Junceda piloted it to 4th place in the MagicFest Bologna 2019 Pro Tour Qualifier: 4 Polluted Delta 3 Misty Rainforest 1 Bloodstained Mire 2 Underground Sea 1 Volcanic Island 1 Tropical Island 1 Bayou 1 Island1 Swamp 4 Dark Ritual 4 Cabal Ritual 4 Lotus Petal 4 Lion's Eye Diamond 4 Ponder 4 Brainstorm 4 Preordain 4 Duress 4 Thoughtseize 4 Infernal Tutor 2 Past in Flames 1 Dark Petition 1 Tendrils of Agony 1 Ad Nauseam 3 Abrupt Decay 3 Veil of Summer 1 Xantid Swarm 3 Echoing Truth 2 Flusterstorm 2 Massacre 1 Empty the Warrens This is primarily a Grixis (blue/black/red) deck that uses fast mana like Dark Ritual, tutors such as Infernal Tutor to find combo pieces, and Storm cards like Tendrils of Agony as finishers
