The competitive cards in the set may not overlap perfectly with the most expensive collector cards, but there are some notable crossovers, particularly with the EX cards that see competitive play and also feature premium rarity variants
Creature (13) 3x Ghoulraiser 3x Polluted Dead 2x Searchlight Geist 4x Thrill-Kill Assassin 1x Ulamog's Crusher Land (22) 22x Swamp Enchantment (6) 4x Contaminated Ground 2x Evil Presence Instant (6) 2x Geth's Verdict 2x Rescue from the Underworld 2x Smother Sorcery (13) 4x Bone Splinters 2x Choking Sands 2x Morbid Plunder 1x Rain of Tears 4x Rancid Earth This deck was put together with a bunch of old and new cards that I had lying around that I felt would make a good land destruction deck
Thraben Inspector and Voldaren Epicure are prime examples of format staples that achieved that status largely by being cheap creatures that create artifacts on entry
All of your Reanimator and Tinker targets are great here, making it not only a great strategy in its own right, but one you can build into those kinds of decks as well
It provides excellent utility and allows someone to quickly draw cards
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