While Drag the Canal is a card I'd be fine to have against a deck like Azorius Soldiers or Mono-Red, it seems awful against Domain and various Midrange Strategies that use cards like Raffine, Scheming Seer, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, and Wedding Announcement // Wedding Festivity to go over the top
Can be expensive to grade, especially once you factor membership fees for bulk and upcharges on high-value cards
One advantage is that the creatures that die are removed from play, allowing you to control the graveyard on the side
Its holographic background adds to its appeal too
If its not an even number, they get the luxury of rounding down
Obviously, Paulo has come a long way in the past six years (!), but the things I liked about that article are the things I still like about Paulos work todaya strong analytical voice and a willingness to put himself under the microscope, as he did during an awkward match against Osyp in this report