While playing against Mezmerizing Benthid, this was the other card that beat me down
Merlin, Intellectual Visionary Merlin, Intellectual Visionary , is a card that embodies wisdom and foresight
Cards are selling across virtually every price range imaginable
Many ways of turning them into creatures will turn them into 0/0 creatures, so unless something else is raising their toughness, they'll immediately spoil
For example, instead of getting a tapped Forest with Rampant Growth, we can get an untapped Breeding Pool with Nature's Lore
With 15 creatures in our deck, we usually have one in our opening hand, but keeping a hand that is all auras and has nothing to put the auras on is super risky and a good way to lose the game