shaymin pokemon cards Radiant Collection EX #21/25 – Grass Types Shaymin Vstar 013/100

The life loss is more than paid for thanks to Tallyman's lifelink ability, leaving us with a creature that provides a relatively easy-to-trigger source of card advantage

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Krydle of Baldur's Gate Collector Number: 226 Card Type: Legendary Creature Human Elf Rogue Mana Cost: Oracle Text: Whenever Krydle deals combat damage to a player, that player loses 1 life and mills a card, then you gain 1 life and scry 1

The original Archenemy and its sequel are great, and the latter is especially flavorful, but theres really no substitute for Commander

Explore by itself is a ton of value -- you guarantee your next land drops and are buffing your army -- but it's especially good here due to synergy potential with +1/+1 counter payoffs (Tributary Instructor) and graveyard payoffs (Deeproot Historian)

But they've cost a lot more mana