They win through battle, discipline, and relentless pressure
Mana Value 3: Cultivate Cultivate (and its virtually identical twin Kodamas Reach) establish another benchmark: a card that costs three mana should earn you +1 extra land plus some minor benefit
Unless you hit the rare corner case of your opponent casting a spell you need to target with multiple counter modes, youll always get a solid three-for-one out of Mystic Confluence
Competitive events such as regional, sector and planetary qualifier rounds will earn players tournament points based on their performance, with the highest-ranking players earning a place in the games Galactic Championship
If you blink, cascade, discover, or exile cards from graveyards, you get to draw
Consider playing 5-color mana sources like Blitzball and Capital City alongside this for more options though