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Richard Garfield, the games creator, has frequently issued special cards in small quantities to commemorate personal life events

He does get an extra life out of the deal this way (since he gets an extra Ooze activation), but you need to have a lot of confidence that your opponent is going to get every little thing right to make such a risky play when the reward is a mere one life

If you have a card that grants all your creature spells convoke, you can use the mechanic to pay for the impending cost or for the face-down cost for mechanics like morph or disguise

Other cards unlock abilities based on how many cards descended since the start of the game

It adds first strike, plus the potential to free-cast more expensive cards if you can stockpile extra energy before playing it