Because the surveil lands have basic land types, you can grab them with fetch lands or cards like Claim Jumper which makes them viable in just about every format
You can use it on an opposing Commander which is legendary to half its power and toughness to double the turns needed to kill you with Commander Damage due to the legendary rule one copy would die
Really thinking this through
While not as defensive as Steel is in the video games, Metal is a Pokmon card type with some solid protective abilities
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Is that better than just playing Bident of Thassa in Mono-Blue Devotion or Sphinxs Revelation in a control deck
