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The downside is that as a control deck, we likely are being attacked relentlessly, making the 30-life threshold difficult to hit in reality

People who continue to run businesses and have learned the industry of the hobby inside and out are experts in what it took and still takes to turn a hobby into a business

The deck relies on control, and pillow fort elements (effects that discourage opponents attacking you such as taxes), to help get to the later game where it can take advantage of the value it accrues

Swamps: Black mana is the most sinister of the bunch

Its bad in the late game, but most taplands are

Many people did, and have made their money, but this is the risk I take in moving too slowly