mark tedin mtg cards a:"mark tedin" · Scryfall Magic:

Successively cast creatures will play defense or join the offense if you've got something like Rhythm of the Wild giving them haste

Plenty of excellent basics are built upon this template, but the best do something interestinglike make that golden field a layer of clouds, for example

Thats OK this should trade well and it could have even more ubiquity than I am anticipating, so watch this card closely

Defense Grid makes it very unlikely that your opponents will have the mana available to deal with Zada as well, and honestly is probably the single best protection this deck could run

Every format of Magic had been taken over by Academy decks and other ultra fast combo decks