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This land cycle is well

Using them for surprise blockers is quite good, but hardly stellar

This card lets you find a creature with mana value 1 or less, which offers you a variety of relevant options in Commander

Universes Beyond: Assassin's Creed had an Assassin typal theme

I play this card in my Celestine, the Living Saint deck and it feels pretty flavorful there, but the coolest place where Ive seen it is in a Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar Cats deck, as a way to protect creatures during combat and enable the card draw even if there were no anthems on board

For a little peek into why Monastery Mentor was restricted in Vintage, we have only to examine the EU Vintage Championships before it was hammered