Youve got the tools to survive early aggression and build a board that just keeps getting stronger
I have made it sound far weaker than it is by exaggerating the numbers significantly to make them neat
Its said that when Richard Garfield first created the game, he intended for ante to be a way for players to get new cards for their deck by effectively gambling their cards over the outcome of a game, but the premise didnt last very long
The last ability of Temple of the Dead will resolve even if you have two or more cards in hand at that time
Most cube owners already have basics, and if you dont, its easy to build a land station from bulk
It enables infinite loops with creatures like Bladewing the Risen or Sharum the Hegemon, and it sets up an easy target for Sun Titan, which nets you another copy of Titan when it enters the battlefield