mtg cards with persist Rules Text: Persist, Colors: Black, Green, 14 Illustrated by Milivoj eran. Magic The Gathering - Modern

Namely, that this lets you counter a spell outright, and then gives you a resource to use on something

Here are a few card choices that exemplify this approach

3 Titania, Voice Of Gaea + Argoth, Sanctum Of Nature = Titania, Gaea Incarnate All three cards that incorporate this meld creature are extremely flavorful and convey the tragedy that befell Argoth during The Brothers War

For example: Explorer's Scope is a card I ironically love, but I'll be the first to admit that you absolutely need a ton of topdeck manipulation to make this card good, which this deck simply does not provide

And Hubris can make your opponent regret trying to block your large attacker with two smaller creatures