Id just gotten into Magic a year and a half back, and upon realising how expensive the game was and being a twelve year old with no source of income, I took two paper-run routes around my house and spent two hours every Wednesday and Friday before school delivering the local paper to save up enough money
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Or, you can use other colors to make it match your favorite sports team or something else
Neon Dynasty gave us Containment Construct, which is about as good as it gets
[8] The five basic lands are as follows: White lands, or Plains, which produce white mana Blue lands, or Islands, which produce blue mana Black lands, or Swamps, which produce black mana Red lands, or Mountains, which produce red mana Green lands, or Forests, which produce green mana There are also different kinds of lands (dual-lands and tri-lands, for example), but the most a beginner needs to know is that basic lands produce mana of one color only, and that multicolor lands can produce mana of two or more colors
This will shine in stompy reanimator builds, or with Rakdos/Mardu +1/+1 counters synergies