If you clean the board a few times in a game, the board is going to be populated with smaller numbers of larger creatures, and making what sticks go away and getting some life out of it gives you more time to keep going on to your next big spell
For Companions Curve is King Since were leaving Thirteen as the commander for the precon, we need to pick a mono-red companion to accompany her, such that the overall color identity stays the same
Additionally, if the permanent or token destroyed was controlled by its owner, this card can function as an effective source of card draw which is sorely needed for white decks
Anyone who opened a Lotus in 1993 had no idea that it would be a collectible, so cards weren't treated kindly, which makes this Pristine 10 copy particularly remarkable
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