Archetype of Endurance might not be the flashiest top-end card, but it serves as a handy defensive tool should your meta not use many board wipes
An extra turn spelled our end, as the Archenemy decimated our forces, and then got free rein to decimate them again
Better still, you can plot the card early if you get the opportunity, and then cast it late for zero mana, essentially ensuring that you'll be able to cast whatever you dig up on the same turn
(They can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.) Despite the similarities between horsemanship and flying, horsemanship doesn't interact with flying or reach
It is only the red Welder effects that want discard outlets outside of the black ones and so there is a premium on the black cards that do it
If you have the ink handy, or dont mind sacrificing one of your more expensive cards to wipe away your rivals line-up, Be Prepared can be an incredibly potent tool in your Ruby deck