There are also white cards that care about tokens, so we can maybe dip into that as well
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The inability for Deadly Cut to kill a one drop beater or mana ramp dork on turn one is what makes it fairly useless
My top picks for artifacts include the Gateway and the Urzas Incubator for all your tribal build needs, and Crawlspace for your controlling and anti-Overrun/Craterhoof Behemoth tactics
They may appear as promos or in future sets
The Wandering Minstrel There are two kinds of The Wandering Minstrel decks: those that read the entire textbox and build around towns, and good ones that stop reading after the first line
