Do they let you draw a card or do they mill themselves equal to the number of counters on it and risk losing life equal to the total mana value of those cards
Drawing cards, playing effects for no mana and utilizing the graveyard might just be the three most powerful things to do in Magic , and by choosing this archetype you can finally unite all three into one harmonious engine
Enter the WotC Enter WotC with their approach after taking oversight of the format
Exiling a permanent and turning into an indestructible god that distributes counters and draws more cards is well, ridiculous
Stocking the graveyard could be mere fuel for Varina, or it could provide an avenue for fueling powerful zombies and zombie-typal cards like Hashaton, Scarab's Fist, The Scarab God, and Gisa and Geralf
Even if youre not giving it a lot of keywords, you can still use Indominus Rex to cycle weaker creatures that you drew past their window of relevance, like a topdecked Llanowar Elves or a maindeck Reclamation Sage that doesnt have any targets