Treebeard, Gracious Host There are ways to gain absurd amounts of life in Magic, meaning Treebeard, Gracious Host is able to make one of your creatures massive or spread the wealth and buff them all
It also unlocks features the free tier simply does not have, including graded card support for PSA and other slabs, all currency options, private card notes for logging purchase prices, CSV export for backups and analysis, and a Pro badge for your profile
you dont want to spend 3 mana to give your opponent seven cards they can use before you
(They're enchantments with ", Sacrifice this token: Scry 1, then draw a card.") , : Exile target nonlegendary creature you control
The populate mechanic brings in those recruits by making a copy of a creature token you control
It is unusable normally until you have your five mana and can still present a risk of death once you have five should they have any way to disrupt your mana production