For example, Annihilate will be card advantage if it resolves normally targeting a creature an opponent controlsyou lose one card from your hand but you also draw a card, for a net gain of zero cards, and your opponent loses one card, so you're up one card relative to them
Tutor Effects As this deck needs ways of finding cards like Doomsday, Laboratory Maniac, and the like, it also runs a few restricted tutor effects to be able to find those cards when need be
Skullpiercer Gnat was first released in the set Alchemy: Phyrexia, illustrated by David Sondered
This means you must continue to represent that token with a physical object wherever it is
It's not as simple as just throwing together all the cards that have "Pirate" on them, however
4: Each player sacrifices two creatures