In return, you get to draw cards and gain life at the beginning of your upkeep
Phyrexian Crusader has infect and first strike and proc red and proc white, while the Phyrexian Hydra just needs trample to be a house and, finally, Reaper of Sheoldred fits like it was made for this deck, simply because it does the infect thing and it also has a poison counter tax effect for attacking opponents and as a 2/5 body it can take a bit of damage and then grin as it dishes out some poison counters for you to proliferate
Youre forced to play table politics until your destiny is clear
Ok, so how do you selectively remove parts of a card
If equipped creature attacks, use its power
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