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Even so, lifegain decks arent the only ones that could use a 3-mana 2/1 that draws a card and gains you 1 life

Psychatog + Psychic Frog Psychatog is the OG discard outlet that had huge success in Standard/Extended formats

On top of that, there are also a handful of creatures that have lifelink outright: If you are in need of life, Heliods Intervention is an X spell can gain you life equal to twice the amount of X

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You still want to get in as much combat damage in the early game as you can, even if your opponent will eventually put together too many large blockers for you to clear away

This trio is very powerful in Type Four, sure, but let's look at them in other formats where they aren't first turn plays