Richard and Seth break down a ton of announcement and spoilers from over the past week, discuss how busted The Hobbit look and more
Today, I highlight some creatures that excel at this playstyle: defenders
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic Brokkos, Apex of Forever Brokkos, Apex of Forever Damia, Sage of Stone Felix Five-Boots Glarb, Calamity's Augur Gonti, Canny Acquisitor Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist Indominus Rex, Alpha Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer Kotis, Sibsig Champion Kotis, the Fangkeeper Leovold, Emissary of Trest Maralen, Fae Ascendant Mimeoplasm, Revered One Muldrotha, the Gravetide Muldrotha, the Gravetide Nashi, Moon's Legacy Nine-Fingers Keene Otrimi, the Ever-Playful Rayami, First of the Fallen Sidisi, Brood Tyrant Sin, Spira's Punishment Teval, Arbiter of Virtue Teval, the Balanced Scale The Master, Transcendent The Mimeoplasm The Wise Mothman Volrath, the Shapestealer Vorosh, the Hunter Xavier Sal, Infested Captain Yarok, the Desecrated Zaxara, the Exemplary Zimone and Dina
It also gives the equipped creature +1/+0 to boot, which is a nice little bonus to make up for the lack of protection from the low ward cost
Phasing out any number of nonland permanents is a clever way to dodge board wipes, exile effects, or even pinpoint removal
Understanding card advantage in EDH doesnt require a calculator or an advanced degree in mathematicsjust keep these rules in mind
