Statistics, however, is an incredibly powerful and under-utilized tool in the context of card games
Gaea's Blessing (T1, Ext, S, Block) Technically a cantrip, Gaea's Blessing puts your best cards back into your deck (or your opponent's cards into his deck), plus gives you a chance to draw them back
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A 2 mana 2/2 creature that can be played in response to a fetchland like Wooded Foothills, a watered down version like Fabled Passage or Terramorphic Expanse, a ramp spell like Three Visits, or another means of cheating cards into play like Kodama of the East Tree in order to ramp out one Plains card from your deck is already good value
In the late game, when youve already got plenty of creatures, it helps finish the game by making your entire team larger and giving them vigilance so you can freely attack without worrying about dying on the crackback
It highlights new mechanics like Bending and returns to old mechanics like Experience counters and Allies