If they can gain Lore faster than you or slow you down, there isnt much you can do, and your abilities dont give you the advantage you want
As a 3/3 for three, it does great on curve
Magus Lucea Kanes doubling up of X-cost spells, and the Swarmlord turning your creatures with counters into card draw, means there are some really fun strategies here - Tyranid Swarm is a deck that truly does feel like a swarm, and can give you big creatures to attack with, and plenty of tokens back to defend if youre smart
Trademark cards: Displacer Beast, Clever Conjurer, Rimeshield Frost Giant, Split the Party, Gretchen Titchwillow, Druid Class, Underdark Basilisk Black-Green: Morbid Grindfest Another green midrange deck leaning on that colors excellent creatures, except here you also get blacks unparalleled (if expensive) removal
When this land comes into play you get to pick a creature type
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