mtg swamp cards (273) [Zendikar Rising] Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL) #281 Illustrated by Raoul Vitale Magic Swamp (258) [Throne of Eldraine]

With a mono-black deck, you can tend to different strategies (e.g., sacrifice, creature destruction or lifedrain) depending on your own preference

These crossovers aren't slowing down anytime soon

The deck starts with 4 copies of pack rats which can quickly grow into an absolutely massive and unstoppable army

I always though it was fitting that Blue had a reputation of summoning the biggest creatures (re: Polar Kraken) because Blue represented going the deepest in learning about mana

The payoff just isnt super high for building around it

On turn one, it's a regular old colourless land that you can play for free, but on turn two it can create a Construct that gets stronger for every artifact you own