On the first day of the Origins International Game Expo, Richard Garfield released Magic: The Gathering into the world
You get the usual advantages of Simic which make this such a good color combo in the format: lots of ramp and card draw
Acidic Slime Sure, it doesnt take out a planeswalker, which might be more relevant these days, but it will get rid of an annoying artifact, enchantment, or land and then be around to threaten to block something dangerous
The single most important thing about winning and playing Magic is having a good mana base
The discussion doesnt have to end here
Those myths also tend to show gods interacting with peers within their own realms, rather than bringing their outsized influence to the world of men