mtg card guide A Beginners to Magic: The Gathering – The Gamers Lodge Magic: the Gathering - Simian

It was entirely possible for one player to randomly add their Black Lotus to the ante, while their opponent got lucky and only had to risk a basic land or something cheap

If you can find a way to keep layering on those counters, you can keep up the card flow

The Lands This is the most defining part of this build and the entire reason to go in this direction

Red: Valakut Awakening, Unexpected Windfall, Seize the Spotlight, Thrill of Possibility, etc

Creatures (12) Lands (20) Spells (28) 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Lava Spike 2 Lightning Helix 4 Rift Bolt 4 Searing Blaze 2 Skullcrack 4 Boros Charm 4 Skewer the Critics Sideboard Sweet, free Lurrus