The deeper you dig, the more you see how Gemlandia, and the premise of blends themselves, is full of tantalizing contradictions
Mana Crypt adds to generic mana to your mana pool which is amazing for a zero mana artifact, with just the small downside of a 50/50 chance of taking 3 damage at the start of your turn
Even if this was just doubling your team it's really good, but when you consider all of the ETB's that are in the average deck you see the true potential
That and for the fact that I have never taken a direct flight to a tournament and kind of want to do that
509.5c Ability that says whenever [a creature] becomes blocked usually triggers only once during combat for that creature, even if it is blocked be several creatures
Once its on the battlefield, this Phyrexian horror turns your creatures into a true force to be reckoned with