If the condition of the card is superior to that of the majority, grading it will increase its value (to a greater or lesser extent) on the secondary market
Roles Roles is an incredibly flavorful mechanic that puts players in the role of director, turning the battlefield into a stage and letting them direct the flow of battle with enchantment tokens
For just one black mana, you can make the opponent lose one life
Owing its initial roots to a pair of popular video games for the Nintendo Game Boy, these ideas have grown into a full entertainment franchise filled with comic books, toys, movies, animated television shows and of course, a wildly popular trading card game
Lands like Darksteel Citadel, Cascading Cataracts or Flagstones of Trokair (if your deck also has white) give you ways to shrug off what is intended to be a symmetrical effect with ease