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When you do, this creature becomes a copy of another target creature you control, except it has this ability and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you get that many ." At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay

Sword of War and Peace offers some life, sometimes more than Jitte, however it is less reliable at it and far less versatile and powerful

While it is symmetrical, if youve built your deck around going off with Aluren, it doesnt really matter

, : Flip a coin

You Find a Cursed Idol card shows a party stumbling upon that same statue, still wreathed in spectral flames

Your win conditions are likely to be either swinging at your opponents with buff Merfolk until their life total hits zero, or you can try to sneakily win using Simic Ascendency , which wins you the game once it hits 20 counters