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6 Dryad Arbor An Awe-Inspiring Design Anomaly Dryad Arbor may stretch the colloquial definition of Creature Land slightly, but its such a pure iteration of the concept that it deserves a place on this list regardless

Pond Prophet offers a ton of value thanks to its "draw a card" ETB trigger

Majestic Genesis Im a big fan of the design space of encouraging people to play higher-cost commanders

This can be via being banished, sent to the Inkwell, the deck, or (most importantly) the hand

If removal is too expensive or awkward to accomplish that task, then the format rewards board presence or raw card advantage

Some things show up in nearly every Magic release, like +1/+1 counters