Hope turns all life gained into opponents milling that much life
For example, they have a variety of powerful one-drops but none that fit into the same strategy: Cryptbreaker is an incredible payoff for a tribal strategy, but it also feels really out of place in a pure aggro deck since it holds your zombies back from attacking
Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") are unaffected by the cost reduction ability of Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
This means that Skyshroud Claim can search for nonbasic Forest cards like dual and tri-lands that have the Forest type, and you can use the mana immediately thanks to the lands coming into play untapped
Bolt-Snap-Bolt is a classic play pattern thats desecrated many a board state and left players at -2 life, but Snapcaster Mage flashing back a Swords to Plowshares, Counterspell, or Cryptic Command are all powerful options as well
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