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Its essential to at least have blockers around from early in the game, lest you become the soft target that the stronger players farm for easy value

Enter Yawgmoths Bargain, a enchantment that allows its owner to pay one life to draw a card

Enchantments with cost reduction like Sapling Nursery are great here

With Meren at the helm, nothing ever truly dies

This does increase the game's complexity, but that's where starter kits like the Final Fantasy box set come in

First, it reduces the blue mana requirements in situations where you dont draw a second Island, or even those where youre late drawing your first one