While black can turn your life into resources, as previously established, a very common way for black life gain to get to the finish line is by turning your life gain into burn
After that perfect example of the risks inherent to pushing the balance envelope in Standard sets, I predicted that these rapid bannings would only escalate in 2020, unless the philosophy behind such cards was wound back
Immortal Coil Immortal Coil provides a strange protection spell that effectively deflects damage from your face to your graveyard and keeps you alive for longer than you have any right to be, assuming you fuel it with cards like Cemetery Tampering and Mesmeric Orb
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit + Sam, Loyal Attendant Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit and his ever-loving friend are a Food tokens dream
Without a specific combo to play toward, all the face-down trickery is either generating value to help us dominate the board or providing some instant speed utility so we arent complete, sitting ducks for every blue player at the table
The more foes you have, the more likely you are to have an alliance with one of them