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ORACLE OF MUL DAYA Now were starting to get into the elf-iest of the elf-est cards there are, and while the top two are firmly set in stone, I would actually go as far as to say that Oracle of Mul Daya is also one of the most iconic elves ever printed, despite it not being played competitively in any format for quite some time now, given Amulet decks got given way more new toys in the last few years with cards like AFM s Karn

Heroes of the Realm cards are a strange set while lots of them are interesting, many of them are physically impossible to play to a degree that not even silver border cards are, such as transforming into a card from a completely different card game

The reward on Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa is a ton of card advantage from your opponents decks

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The chances of you landing at five or less naturally are pretty remote, so youll want to include some cards that let you quickly reduce your own life total here as well