Decks that can maximize this effect want it badly
A bit more mundane than the scores of horrors and demons we've just gone through in both Black and Blue, but I do like the idea of a giant grinning snake-hallucination with hands tormenting someone and screwing over their head
Did you gain at least three life from your Gray Merchant of Asphodel
It's not the end of the world if you lose these cards early, and both Hades, Lord of the Underwold and Part Of Your World will allow you to pull them out of your discard pile if you really need them, but consider holding onto these two cards if you have other two-cost cards to play, like Yzma, Alchemist, until you can put the combo together
Treebeard, Gracious Host can grow quite large in a hurry with the right amount of lifegain
That means that we'll exclude cantrips from this ranking, cantrips being the MTG slang term for cards that draw you exactly one card in addition to other effects you may hear players saying cantrips replace themselves because you play them and you get a new card in your hand
