Sure, winning a casual event at your LGS is fun, but nothing beats the knowledge that my entry fee was already virtually covered by the cards I opened in my pool
Ideally, you also have Blood Artist or Zulaport Cutthroat in play, so that you dont run out of life from paying for the ability
Our picks so far have all had fairly low mana values though, so we decided it was time to go big
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As I grew older, I graduated to the plugged-in controller, then to playing on my own while my parents did repairs, went to the store, did anything else you might do while your child is distracted in front of what seemed like one of the greatest inventions in all of mankind
Alternatively, you could destroy a creature with a red burn or a black destroy spell, play a new attacker, hasten them, and pound on your enemy