For example, if the only nonland permanents you control are Pharika, God of Affliction and Golgari Guildmage (whose mana cost is ), your devotion to black and green is four
With card like Greed or Erebos, God of the Dead filling a similar role as Underworld Connections or Phyrexian Arena might, we can hopefully use the life were generating as a valuable resource, keeping our hand full to keep up with our opponents
He explains how adding a generically strong card that spikes a decks performance can be a bad thing, as it makes the deck less consistent, not more consistent, and it leads to opponents feeling like they need to bring stronger decks that will dominate your decks true average performance
I love that the Swordmaster here is a serious little dude and is practicing its fierceness
One other point to mention is that if you have a spell like Lightning Axe, which has an additional cost stapled to the main effect of the spell then you need to pay that cost even if youre casting for free
#58 Razor Boomerang (Worldwake) Why is it bad