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Creatures and planeswalkers effectively cast just their colored mana, and you activate Tezzerets +2 ability for a huge pile of damage and lifegain

(6/6/2025) If another effect (or effects) modifies how much damage a source you control would dealby preventing some of it, for examplethe player being dealt damage or the controller of the permanent being dealt damage chooses the order in which any such effects (including Lightning's) apply

With a ward effect with a cost of two life, you can be sure your opponents will always be paying life, whether it be through combat or that ward effect

Its extremely hard to kill and provides an exceptional mana sinkyou just need the time to exploit it

and Smash, which can respectively deal two or three damage to a single character, Grab Your Sword is an effective way of whittling down enemy characters willpower before finishing them off with another attack or challenge - leaving the field open for you to quest your way to victory