While it has frequently been maindecked, its also been a popular sideboard card, perfect for grinding out attrition-based post-sideboard games, such as the Kithkin deck Cedric Phillips piloted to a top 8 finish in PT Kyoto 2009: Creatures (20) Planeswalkers (4) Lands (25) Spells (11) Sideboard Nowadays, the idea of aggro decks slowing down and going bigger after sideboarding is commonplace, but Cedrics use of it here was especially futuristic for that time period
Players relatively new to Magic may be unaware of this fact, but red is also home to the majority of the game's land destruction cards
If you didnt know, any companion is considered an extra card in your deck
Illustrated by Chris Rallis Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Not Legal Historic Banned Modern Legal Brawl Legal Legacy Legal Comp
You are never forced to activate mana abilities to pay costs, so if there is a mandatory additional mana cost (such as from Thalia, Guardian of Thraben), you can decline to activate mana abilities to pay for it and hence fail to cast the suspended card, leaving it in exile
You may cast the creature later from exile.) If a spell is returned to its owner's hand, it's removed from the stack and thus will not resolve
