She shows up, makes mana, removes threats , and keeps cards flowing
Some archetypes even hinge on these types of cards being available at a reasonable priceIve attempted to build lands-matters decks like The Gitrog Monster countless times, and each time Ive felt underwhelmed precisely due to my lack of fetchlands
You can choose a common number for MV, power, or toughness and whenever an opponent plays a card with that number they take damage and you draw a card
For Commander, Id love to say that Archive Trap could find a place in a deck sporting Bruvac, but I wholeheartedly believe that the impulse to use it early in the game off an early fetchland would outweigh waiting until Bruvac hit play a few turns later
In fact, there are so many that Ive had to leave some good ones on the bench
We never stray too far from the concept of opportunity cost when discussing Magic finance, and I think thats really a central idea of what Im discussing today