If anybody can teach me the finer points of manipulating image_uris properties, please let me know in the comments
Once you internalize that, the card evaluations below become obvious: ask of every card, is this a source or a payoff, and does the rest of my deck cover the other side? Best lifegain sources (the engines) You want repeatable, incremental gain lots of small triggers beat one big lifegain spell, because payoffs like Vito or Archangel of Thune care about the number of times you gain, not just the total
Examine holo patterns carefully because fakes typically show uniform shimmer without organic variation
Not to mention, whoever you're swinging at still has a 6/6 to deal with
Guardian of Faith This white creature is another excellent example of a protection spell, capable of saving your creatures from board wipes or combat tricks at flash speed
Hedron Crab is $9, which is a fact that shocks some people