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BUNDLE CONTENTS9 Tarkir: Dragonstorm MTG Play Boosters, 1 Traditional Foil alt-art card, 30 Land cards (15 foil, 15 nonfoil), 1 Spindown life counter, 1 card storage box, and 2 reference cards

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You can also use proliferate to increase the number of counters on the battle , making your opponents work harder to defeat it

Neheb, the Worthy only gives first strike to the Minotaur team, a pretty weak ability in modern Commander

Seven mana is a lot of this kind of effect, especially when the tokens are ephemeral

Why its a contender: This creature is the modern embodiment of overwhelming efficiency, providing mana, card advantage, and a must-answer threat all on turn one