While many players might be able to afford Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor, just as many cannot, and those players who still might want to run combos can use Illicit Shipment to good effect
The more games you end after taking control, the fewer games you lose to a Banefire, Niv-Mizzet, Parun, or Carnage Tyrant after you thought you were in the clear
On the other hand, theyll try to play these cards in a spot where they have protection for it as well in the form of Rattlechains or a counterspell, so the key is to ignore their small, irrelevant creatures and then engage in a counter-war over their key cards as likely you will need two, or even three, removal spells to get through their protection
You get your Ixalan. And I was very lucky that I had been thinking about many ideas for a long time
(This includes by the ward ability.) Gain control of target creature until end of turn
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