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Starting down the temptation path as soon as possible means more triggers of Saurons final ability, letting you dig deeper for more punishing discard effects

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Terra must connect with your opponent to reanimate, and also forces you to pay (2)

Affinity is a powerful ability, and with your lands counting along with most of the rest of your permanents most players reading this can readily remember how easy it is to turn seven into a far more reasonable number

If you've got a couple of extra bucks, you can sub in Demanding Dragon and Sarkhan the Masterless for Rapacious Dragon and Harbinger of the Hunt, sub in Lathliss, Dragon Queen for Herdchaser Dragon and Stormwing Dragon, and sub in Utvara Hellkite for Bogardan Hellkite

Our commander will understandably be a removal magnet, both in the mid-game as we start stacking serious experience counters on it, and in the late-game when it will just spell game over