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What Essence Sliver does is separate the two instances of combat damage and then the life gain

That could make all the difference in how much play he sees main deck as opposed to being in sideboards

1 Foray of Orcs

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I didn't have a strong early game, but managed to avoid taking damage for quite a while thanks to a turn three Glarb, Calamity's Augur