Depends, do you consider Battle of Wits a competitive deck
Its an excellent role-player that creates pockets of potential interaction that didnt exist before, allowing more midrange and control decks to interact with the opponents in the first few turns when mana constraints would be a severe issue
While it's important to note that Jerren is a double-faced card that can be transformed if its controller's life total is exactly thirteen, this transformation is quite difficult to trigger
Back to Basics (Urzas Saga, 1998) This is a card that shuts down nonbasic lands by preventing them from untapping and the first of two land hate cards from Urza's Saga that made this list
It can also be an effective strategy to use against control-heavy decks like Ruby Sapphire, giving you some easy lore gaining power after a Be Prepared is dropped
Wrap Up Moraug, Fury of Akoum | Illustration by Rudy Siswanto Extracting additional value from arguably the most basic game action you can perform in Magic often leads to overwhelming amounts of value, especially when you build your deck with landfall in mind and fill up on fetch lands
