Anvil of Bogardan One usual piece of advice to rookies is to read the card to know what it does, but it would be misguided here: Anvil of Bogardan used to say each player skips their discard phase but has received errata to say Players have no maximum hand size. A bit of a Howling Mine with its group hug effect and great in discard-heavy decks, Anvil of Bogardans current popularity is marred by its steep price: Being a Reserved List card and having seen no reprints since Visions , it carries a hefty pricetag
If you lean into the insect typal theme, Grist can make a ton of sacrifice fodder each turn and acts as a win condition with cards like Hermit Druid
Still, when the card is having to compete with Unholy Heat, you can see why some decks may prefer the option to kill bigger creatures
Right now hes only being used in the beginners guide, but Ive got more plans for him
Dash gives it built-in haste, which means it can slam the door on a game out of nowhere (you still pay extra commander tax when you dash from the command zone)
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