Its the best way to get payoffs for landfall triggers
One issue I've run into as an avid sacrifice gamer in different formats is that you can get an engine going and accrue value slowly without ever actually slamming the door shut on a game
Key budget cards to include: Wayward Swordtooth, Sunfrill Imitator, Runic Armasaur, Pugnacious Hammerskull, Cryptic Gateway #01 The Thirteenth Doctor // Yasmin Khan And coming in at number one is The Thirteenth Doctor paired with Yasmin Khan
Now, gaining two life isnt better than Looting twice, but when your deck is full of Sphinxs Revelations, extra lands are pretty good, so Looting isnt that important
Additionally, colors may vary slightly due to filament batches
(6/6/2025) In the rare case where enough -1/-1 counters are put on Aerith Gainsborough at the same time to make its toughness 0 or less, the number of +1/+1 counters on it before it got those -1/-1 counters will be used to determine the value of X in Aerith Gainsborough's third ability