Discard spells can provide a similar effect
It was just over 30 years ago when you had to purchase a single starter deck and booster pack to begin your journey as a Planeswalker
Batterskull and Sword of Feast and Famine were particularly useful, as they were actively gaining life and resetting lands, respectively
Doing this also only costs two mana, which is quite powerful for Standards terms
Cloud, Tidus, Terra, and Yshtola will each lead their own 100-card precon decks, as designers for the set sought to focus on fan favorites while also prioritizing characters that most flavorfully integrate Magic: The Gathering mechanics
Ranking the 20 Best Interactive Blue Spells in cEDH Ive built a lot of blue cEDH decks recently, and they generally all want the same interactive spells, so I just have to figure out how much blue interaction I have, and then I just fill from the best down, so I thought Id share my list and reasoning, as well as where I want to deviate: 20: Spell Pierce Interaction in cEDH needs to be extremely cheap