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The best thing we can do is try to run cards which have alternative casting modes, cost discounts or activated abilities that allow us to use them for less than three mana in spite of their printed cost

As for protection, we can protect K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth from some forms of removal with cards like Undying Evil, though it doesn't protect us from exile effects like Swords to Plowshares unless we also have a sec outlet like Viscera Seer to make sure K'rrik is going into the graveyard

(11/8/2024) Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.

I have done a bunch of shows in PA and NY that have way more than NJ shows

Auras were the least popular kind of card in competitive Magic for years (and maybe still are the least popular) because they are an obvious route to an opposing two-for-one