This guide is designed for newcomers, offering a clear path to building a collection thats both enjoyable and rewarding
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Abomasnow's unique typing gives it a strategic niche, allowing it to wield powerful Hail-based strategies
Loam keeps putting lands from your graveyard into your hand (think fetches, utility stuff, premium duals), and dredge keeps it coming back
Ramp can appear in different shapes and forms: Land-Based Ramp (Cultivate, Rampant Growth) Mana Dorks (Llanowar Elves, Bugenhagen, Wise Elder) Mana Rocks (Mind Stone, Basalt Monolith) Treasure-Makers and other artifact token producers (Smothering Tithe, Sarinth Greatwurm) Extra land drops (Exploration, Exploration Broodship) Land Recursion (Crucible of Worlds, Aftermath Analyst) Rituals (Dark Ritual, Mana Geyser) Cost Reduction (Honest Rutstein, Stormcatch Mentor) Eldrazi Spawn & Scion producers (Eldrazi Skyspawner, Kozilek's Predator) Mana Doublers (Mirari's Wake, Groundchuck & Dirtbag) Temporary mana abilities (firebending) This ranking will cover many of these forms of ramp, but will leave some more specific ones like Treasure-makers to their own separate list
Distant Melody Another possibility for Elves is taking advantage of another new-to-Pioneer card in Distant Melody