A lot of the power of evoke however comes from synergies
Commander damage can stack up very quickly and it can easily feel like you're picking on the player with the weakest defenses
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant Shelob, Child of Ungoliant is one of the best reasons to have spiders around, not counting the Marvels Spider-Man offerings
If your life total can't change, spells and abilities that would normally cause you to gain or lose life still resolve while your life total can't change, but the life-gain or life-loss part simply has no effect
This also gives you a chump blocker if you need it, but you wont feel like it was a total waste of mana since you get that extra card
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