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After we get around the defender, the battle itself is at our mercy

Burn Burn (CTRL to add secondary) Creature Creature (CTRL to add secondary) Draw Draw (CTRL to add secondary) Land Inventors' Fair At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life

This is important, because of Gyre Sage's second ability, which allows it to tap for an amount of green mana equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it

However, some decks find compelling reasons to deviate from this norm

Competitive Magic often runs on very thin margins, and small sources of card advantage like a two-for-one trade or blanking an opponent's card can easily be the difference between a loss and a win