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Strefan, Maurer Progenitor If you enjoyed using Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord to drop Vein Ripper into play before the Pioneer bans, you might find Strefan, Maurer Progenitor appealing

It was his descendants that started the original Dragon War by raiding and defeating Bolas in his own lands

Additionally, Rafiq would use Stoic Angel, a current hidden gem that would disproportionately benefit this strategy and disincentive massive alpha strikes

If you counter the first triggered ability or otherwise remove it from the stack, it will just trigger again immediately if Nine Lives still has nine or more incarnation counters on it

Payoffs like this also makes casting instants and spells with flash on your opponents turns that much better