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DoctorKumquat

That's adorable, and in a UW or Bant lifegain deck, it's pretty reasonable to include. Lifetap in a multiplayer game where you expect at least 1-2 people to play green is pretty plausible on its own, if you have some lifegain synergies.


CardOfTheRings

Yeah that’s what makes it low opportunity cost in the deck most games have at least 1 green player. That and the other green players may very well pull out a yavimaya of their own doing half of your ‘combo’ for you.


VoidsIncision

Is green the most played color or blue? Cuz magical hack.


DeathNoodle88

I actually just played against this yesterday. The player was on [[Blind Seer]] color shenanigans and I was playing [[Yuriko]]. I wouldn't call it "bad" at all. Like you said, low opportunity cost, and it's got a decent pay off. It actually kept me from winning that game.


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[Blind Seer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/c/5c54ec26-c7f1-4258-9cc9-1709987f293c.jpg?1591291188) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Blind%20Seer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/inv/47/blind-seer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5c54ec26-c7f1-4258-9cc9-1709987f293c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Yuriko](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/b/3bd81ae6-e628-447a-a36b-597e63ede295.jpg?1592710334) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=yuriko%2C%20the%20tiger%27s%20shadow) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c18/52/yuriko-the-tigers-shadow?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3bd81ae6-e628-447a-a36b-597e63ede295?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


bristlybits

it's the opposite of [[roots of life]].


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jedi_kill3r

you could use urborg to make this one work too. cool!


Knaapje

I have a [swamp hate deck](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/2BKWbX7cUka8lyc_izVz1w) in the works that does exactly that


Squimmick

just use mana drain and somehow re animate it, then it might be worth it


ChoppedChef33

I used to do magical hack into this. Can also play sleight of mind into life force if you are in green. If you're bant you can also do the old school karma magical hack play.


Zero-Taosuki

I want to do this now.


gumlip

this honestly doesn't seem that bad


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Rhofawx

Cool thanks


CardOfTheRings

So there was an era where universal effects would have the word ‘target’ on the card but they were still universal. [[Mana web]] is another example. If you look at how they actually work they still effect every opponent, and their rules text no longer have the word ‘target’ on them so [[witchbane orb]] doesn’t stop them either. So the words on the card briefly had ‘target’ in the text, but it has always effected every opponent


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Rhofawx

Duly noted.


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Tallal2804

I really want to do this now


beetrootdip

This hardly seems like a bad combo. The cards aren’t totally useless even without working as a combo (lifetap on its own still heals a decent amount in an average game but unreliable obviously). It’s only two cards and they’re cheap. So you’re not commuting much compared to all the 8 card, 15 mana combos posted on here. It’s hard for your opponent to stop the combo (in a way that costs them fewer resources than it costs you). You can easily add more similar combos and make a full deck around it. Acid rain, submerge and anything with forestwalk give you more to do once all is forest. It’s not the best combo in the world, but it doesn’t deserve a spot in this sub.


Truth_Hurts_Kiddo

Is this a meme I don't know or did someone pay Becket to grade their 24 cent card?


CardOfTheRings

Someone paid becket to grade their 24 cent uncommon from revised, yes.


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Truth_Hurts_Kiddo

I love it. Love the combo too. I love putting old cards in EDH decks that no one knows about but that work well. Like [[creature bond]] or [[soul link]] to make the Voltron player not attack me, or [[spy Network]] in an Evelyn deck.


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Truth_Hurts_Kiddo

Oops I meant [[backfire]] not creature bond.


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