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There's also the tiny problem of this costing seven mana, all of it colored, but the combination of both winning the long game and keeping you alive to see it makes seven feel cheap, and there's enough behind this card that there is no need to worry about following it up with another copy unless your opponent can fire one back at you

This was a way of playing Magic, back in MTG's earliest days, where you would essentially 'gamble' your cards on the outcome of a game

To me only two pure life gain cards still feel like they are good stuff when you see them

Connive allows you to draw then discard a card, and if you discard a non-land card, you may put a +1/+1 counter on that creature
