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The act of convoking involves just tapping a creature to pay for part of the mana cost, and sacrificing a creature often doesnt care if its untapped or tapped

Being able to adjust how much mana to put in allows for flexibility and complete utilization of Zaffais ability

Back to Basics (Urzas Saga, 1998) This is a card that shuts down nonbasic lands by preventing them from untapping and the first of two land hate cards from Urza's Saga that made this list

Can pretty much detain every turn, while pumping out cheap creatures

Silent-Blade Oni

Hardly essential, but it often makes the final 40 of your Green decks with snow basics