Grist, Voracious Larva / Grist, the Plague Swarm Grist, Voracious Larva needs a little help to become Grist, the Plague Swarm, but that might cost little to no mana, so for the grand total of , and -2 loyalty, Grist can get rid of a pesky artifact, not bad for a black and green planeswalker that can turn around and build up lots of insects
Ante cards are on the very short list of cards that are banned in Vintage (not to mention every other format)
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This alone would make Karlov a worthy Lifegain Commander, but it can also exile creatures at instant speed, in exchange for six +1/+1 counters
Cards like Nyx Weaver, Tilling Treefolk, and Centaur Vinecrasher told me that we really wanted to play the self-mill recursion / card advantage game with The Gitrog Monster and that I should pay attention to them rather than to the Scourge Familiars and Noose Constrictors that lead us down a dark path
But I am still pretty certain that their base blueprint still had hints of optimization for other formats, especially Commander