You get to strip an opponent of their resources while drawing cards and even working with lifegain synergies
Lets begin with a topic that has already cost some of my friends quite a lot of money this year: Misconception #1: Reserved List cards never drop in price, so if I dont buy whatever I need now, Ill never be able to afford these stupid cards. This is a common misconception, and I think it results from a confluence of fairly benign effects: 1) With few exceptions, all Reserved List cards are more expensive today than they were a year ago
With sets that old, you know there are going to be some valuable cards to collect
Another application for this concept is when you use a board wipe to dispatch multiple creatures
However, if unable to do so, using your weaker Rats and creatures that already used their enter the battlefield triggers are the second best targets
The deck adds a number of powerful spells and abilities including a huge amount of ramp (both creature and mana rocks), as well as a handful of card draw, removal, and reanimate/protection effects to keep your hand stocks and the pressure on
