It is not as good a threat although it does offer some reach but given that it is also half the price, is playable in many more archetypes and is also a mana ramper and fixer The drawbacks of this card as life gain are that it is slow to get life returns from it, it will situationally not work for life when no dead guys are there to be exiled, it is reasonably easy to kill and it cannot give you a big single injection of life
There are 2 common scene cards that can be found in these slots (2.9%)
If you can get your permanent or token dragons rolling as with this enchantment on the board, no creature an opponent controls will stand a chance to survive long enough to be a problem, or you could just deal the damage straight to the face of opponents for maximum pressure
The PSA 10 copy changed hands at Goldin on February 16, 2026 for exactly $16,492,000, and Guinness World Records recognized it as the most expensive trading card ever sold at auction
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