--- # Core Strategy This deck is a **chaos-ETB ping engine** built around: - Repeated creature enter-the-battlefield triggers - Incremental damage to all opponents - Board state manipulation and randomness - Turning harmless events into massive damage Since Norin leaves and re-enters every single turn (often multiple times per round), you build around permanents that trigger when creatures enter the battlefield
The upshot is that Expend is an aggressive-leaning mechanic that encourages players to cast their spells
Since none of the modes have targets, you don't have to choose which creature is getting the counters or which cards you're returning until Gix's Command resolves
While this may not put this ability under the spotlight, it doesn't mean it can't do work
Pride of Lions, by the way, has some hilarious art that looks like it would be on a silly retro t-shirt you might find at a thrift store and thing, "How did this get made?" Seventh Edition also had some really great pain lands that tap to add one of two mana colors by spending one life, or generate a colorless mana without the life cost