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Mike Carrozza
Jun 25, 2025
Am I The Bolas? - Rules for Now or Later
This week on Am I the Bolas, we talk about the difference between activated and triggered abilities, and when you should "Let it go."
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Barbarian Class
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Hoarding Ogre
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The Deck of Many Things
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Xorn
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Lightfoot Rogue
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Mirkwood Bats
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Clown Car
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Maddening Hex
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Academy Manufactor
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Teferi's Protection
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Gamble
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Smothering Tithe
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Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter
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Goldspan Dragon
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Chaos Channeler
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Celebr-8000
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Professional Face-Breaker
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Cyberman Patrol
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Securitron Squadron
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Earth-Cult Elemental
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22%synergy
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Steel Overseer
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Pitiless Plunderer
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Nadier's Nightblade
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Esper Sentinel
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Roaming Throne
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13%synergy
Monoxa, Midway Manager
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18%synergy
Alibou, Ancient Witness
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Illustrious Wanderglyph
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Mayhem Devil
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Deadbeat Attendant
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Discourtesy Clerk
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"Lifetime" Pass Holder
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Herald of Hadar
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Complaints Clerk
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Exalted Sunborn
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Swarming Goblins
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14%synergy
Kellogg, Dangerous Mind
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5%synergy
Nothic
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Quick Fixer
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12%synergy
Cavern-Hoard Dragon
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8%synergy
Delney, Streetwise Lookout
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7%synergy
Weftstalker Ardent
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Stridehangar Automaton
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Swords to Plowshares
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Deadly Dispute
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Revivify
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Grave Endeavor
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Path to Exile
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Six-Sided Die
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Dispatch
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Lae'zel's Acrobatics
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Anguished Unmaking
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Big Score
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Chaos Warp
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Unexpected Windfall
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Farideh's Fireball
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Generous Gift
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Deflecting Swat
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Boros Charm
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Deadly Rollick
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Akroma's Will
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V.A.T.S.
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Critical Hit
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Untimely Malfunction
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Fell the Profane
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Stroke of Midnight
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Dawn's Truce
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Danse Macabre
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Attempted Murder
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Ruinous Ultimatum
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Circuits Act
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Recruitment Drive
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Thunderwave
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Organic Extinction
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Vandalblast
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Step Right Up
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Slight Malfunction
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Their Name Is Death
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Farewell
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Damn
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Delete
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Blasphemous Edict
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Night's Whisper
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Blood Money
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Hell to Pay
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Sword of Hours
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Idol of Oblivion
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Treasure Chest
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Lightning Greaves
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7%synergy
Strength-Testing Hammer
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Unwinding Clock
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24%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
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-10%synergy
Clock of Omens
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Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
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13%synergy
Goblin Morningstar
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Bucknard's Everfull Purse
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Krark-Clan Ironworks
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Inspiring Statuary
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Spiked Pit Trap
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Wayfarer's Bauble
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Thousand Moons Smithy
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5%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
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-2%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
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3%synergy
Darksteel Forge
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4%synergy
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Anointed Procession
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37%synergy
Night Shift of the Living Dead
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Revel in Riches
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Black Market Connections
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16%synergy
Caretaker's Talent
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Alchemist's Talent
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Priority Boarding
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Intangible Virtue
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Rain of Riches
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Tempered Steel
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Phyrexian Arena
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Spiteful Banditry
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Tocasia's Welcome
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Impact Tremors
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Agent of the Iron Throne
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Monologue Tax
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Descent into Avernus
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Rent Is Due
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5%synergy
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Elspeth, Storm Slayer
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Underdark Rift
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Treasure Vault
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Reliquary Tower
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Bojuka Bog
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Inventors' Fair
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Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
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Ancient Den
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Vault of Whispers
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Great Furnace
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15%synergy
Mines of Moria
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Minas Tirith
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0%synergy
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Urza's Saga
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5%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
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Fountainport
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Rogue's Passage
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-16%synergy
Adagia, Windswept Bastion
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Buried Ruin
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3%synergy
Diamond City
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2%synergy
Fomori Vault
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5%synergy
Windbrisk Heights
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Cabal Coffers
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2%synergy
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Vexing Puzzlebox
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Component Pouch
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Sol Ring
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-5%synergy
Arcane Signet
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Luck Bobblehead
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Talisman of Conviction
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Talisman of Indulgence
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Talisman of Hierarchy
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Boros Signet
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Rakdos Signet
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Orzhov Signet
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Ebony Fly
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Perception Bobblehead
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Fellwar Stone
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Intelligence Bobblehead
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Charisma Bobblehead
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12%synergy
Endurance Bobblehead
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12%synergy
Agility Bobblehead
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12%synergy
Strength Bobblehead
13%inclusion35 decks264 decks
12%synergy
Patriar's Seal
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Chromatic Lantern
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Lands
Mountain
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4%synergy
Swamp
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2%synergy
Plains
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2%synergy
Command Tower
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Savai Triome
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Godless Shrine
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Blood Crypt
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Sacred Foundry
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36%synergy
Spectator Seating
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Luxury Suite
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Vault of Champions
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36%synergy
Arid Mesa
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32%synergy
Marsh Flats
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Bloodstained Mire
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Nomad Outpost
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-2%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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Clifftop Retreat
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3%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
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-1%synergy
Isolated Chapel
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Sundown Pass
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Haunted Ridge
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Badlands
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25%synergy
Plateau
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24%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
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Scrubland
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Battlefield Forge
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Caves of Koilos
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Smoldering Marsh
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Sulfurous Springs
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Raucous Theater
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14%synergy
Blazemire Verge
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Elegant Parlor
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12%synergy
Path of Ancestry
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Blightstep Pathway
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11%synergy
Needleverge Pathway
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11%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
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9%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
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9%synergy
Reflecting Pool
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10%synergy
Spire of Industry
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Shattered Landscape
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Sunbillow Verge
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7%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
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5%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
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-1%synergy
Wooded Foothills
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8%synergy
Temple of Triumph
14%inclusion39 decks274 decks
-8%synergy
Fabled Passage
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5%synergy
Scalding Tarn
13%inclusion36 decks274 decks
7%synergy
Desolate Mire
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2%synergy
Polluted Delta
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5%synergy
Flooded Strand
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6%synergy