mtg when you discard a card Anti-discard cards : r/mtg Rules Text: discard, hand, 704

This improves the ever-important matchup against Izzet Phoenix

The first where the upkeep Hondens

If you control three copies of Twists and Turns, you'd scry 1 an additional time before that creature explores, and so on

I had to splash for white as well as black, which both hurts my mana base and has me playing cards I dont really want to play, but I had no choice

Even if you arent using it to fuel powerful 1-mana spells like Pyroblast or Winds of Change, Simian Spirit Guide also does a good impression of Lotus Petal, and can help you rush out cards like Dockside Extortionist or Underworld Breach to fuel bigger plays or simply combo off a turn ahead of schedule