life drain cards mtg Budget Deckbuilding: a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.) Drain Life | Promotional |

Interestingly, the flip side of this Battle can immediately remove all counters from up to one target permanent, meaning that it can instantly win Battles on an attack trigger

You draw a card and gain 2 life

Faeburrow Elder not only taps for 1 mana of each color among permanents you control, but it also grows larger with every color represented, so its both a ramp engine and a solid body

They stop being creatures at the end of your turn, allowing them to dodge sorcery speed removal

You get to peek at your deck's future, squirrel away a powerful card, and then spend the rest of the game scheming your way toward the perfect moment to unleash it