When these abilities appear on the card text of a merged creature, they're considered to simply reference "this creature" instead
[12] When you play a Character, play it vertically in the Ready position
Here are a couple: Cyan: Vengeful Samurai is not an easy card to get out given his high cost of 7 Mana, but this can easily be brought down as this number is decreased by one for every creature in the Graveyard
As always, the control gameplan has a few phases
10 Tempest Market Price: $2,382.94 Magics Tempest set was released in 1997 and represented the third block in MTGs history, after Ice Age block and Mirage block before it
As another example, if my opening hand has a one-drop, a two-drop, a three-drop and four different four-drops, then I will usually bottom the worst three four-drops in the hope of drawing into a powerful five or six-drop, while keeping the cards that will ensure a perfect 1-2-3-4 curve-out