STRANDS OF NIGHT Before Whip of Erebos, there was Strands of Night and even after Whip of Erebos, there are honestly a lot of reasons to stick by this potent little enchantment
Doc Aurlock Un-Bear-Able Fun Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius | Illustration by Jesper Ejsing Commander (1) Planeswalker (1) Creatures (31) Aerial Caravan Alaundo the Seer Archmage's Newt Augury Raven Avian Oddity Battle Mammoth Beanstalk Giant Beanstalk Wurm Beastbond Outcaster Durnan of the Yawning Portal Elusive Otter Fblthp, Lost on the Range Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy Grolnok, the Omnivore Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy Lier, Disciple of the Drowned Marang River Prowler Outcaster Trailblazer Outlaw Stitcher Patrician Geist Railway Brawler Rootcoil Creeper Rosethorn Acolyte Sage of the Beyond Savvy Trader Skaab Ruinator Slickshot Lockpicker Snapcaster Mage The Foretold Soldier Tlincalli Hunter Visage Bandit Sorceries (17) Aminatou's Augury Bygone Marvels Creeping Renaissance Croaking Counterpart Echo of Eons Lock and Load Make Your Own Luck Mind's Desire Mnemonic Deluge Plan the Heist Quiet Speculation Rise of the Varmints Spectral Deluge Spitting Image Step Between Worlds Tumbleweed Rising Winterthorn Blessing Instants (7) Barrier Breach Behold the Multiverse Cackling Counterpart Choking Tethers Countervailing Winds Oona's Grace Surge of Brilliance Artifacts (2) Abandoned Sarcophagus Sword of Forge and Frontier Enchantments (3) Extraordinary Journey Secrets of the Dead Virtue of Strength Lands (38) Alchemist's Refuge Barkchannel Pathway Botanical Sanctum Castle Garenbrig Castle Vantress Command Tower Dreamroot Cascade Exotic Orchard Forest x12 Hedge Maze Island x12 Myriad Landscape Rejuvenating Springs Simic Growth Chamber Temple of Mystery Terramorphic Expanse The cards that Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius prescribes are more varied than you think
A turn one Remora into a table of Sol Rings will level out the playing field at least a little and unlike Study, it costs 4 to prevent so youre more likely to profit off of your trigger
By adding a new enchantment subtype and having those enchantments scale like a tribal deck, the Champions of Kamigawa team captured the imagination of casual players so thoroughly as to justify the eventual revisiting of Shrines in M21 , including the long-awaited five-color Shrine to Rule Them All. But crowd-pleasing designs like that are only commonplace in 2021 because of what WotC learned from experiments like the Hondens back in 2004
The Medallions Last is this two-drop colorless five cycle
This raw combo potential alone is enough to warrant Sams place on this list, but he also plays perfectly well as a fair card too, thanks to his grindy second ability
