booster packs pokemon cards 151 Box (Japanese) showcasing its resilience Pokémon TCG: 5 Perfect Order

For the mana cost, it's a little rough to hold the mana up for but it's completely worth it

Brazen Borrower offers great utility, as you can use this card on both defense and offense by slowing down your opponents while dealing air damage later

However, you have to trash one of your cards to activate his effect

For card draw, we're turning incubation into draw with Idol of Oblivion, Braids, Arisen Nightmare, and Monumental Corruption, adding poison with Infectious Inquiry, and the generic staple Syphon Mind to round things out

Compare its 5-mana minimum investment to something like Contagion Clasp or Contagion Engine

It lacks the defense and punching power of its counterpart, but for a turn two play, Pridemage is pretty potent