As long as you're using mana rocks or Treasure as your mana sources, Shadow can significantly reduce the mental load of playing Magic , since you rarely need to worry about your opponents responding to your spells
Grolnok, the Omnivore Grolnok, the Omnivore provides self-mill decks with a powerful draw engine
Unfortunately, the wind blows the cards onto the road, and whilst trying to recover them Pierce is hit by a bus and killed
Meanwhile, the Tolarian Academy is under siege by the phyrexians
However, the two things do combine fairly nicely together, since draining 1 life will pressure your opponent and the new creatures they play wont be able to block
This is incredibly valuable because it guarantees another Pokmon that can be played immediately