By drawing cards you accrue more resources, and you have better odds of finding your best resources
For an initial cost of just one ink, the Shield of Virtue grants an incredible amount of flexibility in being able to both slow your opponent by challenging their characters and progress your own lore by questing - all with the same card, if you want
Bazaar of Baghdad combos extremely well with a dredge deck, and if you don't need to cast any spells, you can do something insane - such as, say, run no mana sources , normally the lifeblood of any deck - and thus run four copies of Bazaar of Baghdad and four copies of Serum Powder so that you can ensure that you always get a Bazaar of Baghdad in your opening hand
These creatures and moments of whimsy remind us that we are playing a game to have fun, kupo
Last updated on May 14, 2026 Stoic Builder | Illustration by Howard Lyon Building an EDH deck used to be as simple as picking a theme and scouring Gatherer for cards that might work
Its life loss effect can also act as a win condition by itself, especially against Tokens decks or other go-wide strategies