It's still just a 4/4 for five, takes a lot of combat damage to kill, and then offers card flow over time which you can cast, but it's buildable quite ably
This guide is organized around the one idea that separates the good lifegain decks from the bad ones: every point of life you gain needs a payoff
Notably, this is another case in which Scrubland helps another card by counting as either the Plains or the Swamp for Bleachbone Verge
It's powerful, but again doesn't appear to be a card that would make you many friends at your LGS's Commander night
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As such, Tom comes with some protection