Permanents that are removal spells are going to give you some nice extra value, and thats certainly true here Weve already seen that descending is a key part of what Black wants to do in this format, and the Marionette helps you do it while being capable of trading with anything thanks to death touch The Gray Ogre statline is ugly, even with Menace, but this can grow without a ton of effort, and obviously the bigger it gets, the better Menace feels While you cant really call this type of an effect a 2-for-1, since your opponent can get the card back with relative ease, the kind of disruption this card gives you is pretty serious
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Beyond Magic: These are the best trading card games out there Cards that interact with treasure seem to be increasingly common in Magic, for Commander as well as for Standard, so the sun may not set on Goldspan Dragon for a good long while
They are optimized for Altered as well as a vast variety of TCGs and LCGs
Type-specific hate like Engineered Plague and Extinction punishes the whole creature base, and targeted removal on the key lord or payoff engine slows the snowball
Bloodthirsty Adversary can be one of your strongest pickups if youre happy to up your spell count to adjust for it and why not abuse Vampires Vengeance while were here
