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1 Astor, Bearer of Blades

This will not change even if which lands you control changes later in the turn so for example, if you control two Swamps and two Islands at the same time Drag to the Bottom resolves, each creature gets -2/-2 (plus 1) until the end of the turn

It perfectly encapsulates what black is all about on one card: paying life for resources

What inspired this path of creativity in the cards

You have to cast your spells precombat, which you dont always want to do, and on top of that, you need both a creature and noncreature

Grafting is an R&D slang term where you take some aspect, usually a sentence, and stick it into the rules text of another card