Normally, when a creature attacks a player and another creature blocks it, the blocking creature absorbs all the damage and the defending player takes none
While life gain does not directly help a player win a game, stalling an opponent's victory rather than contributing to that of a given player, lifelink is an excellent ability for decks that seek to pay life to activate abilities, or decks that seek to stall games in order to cast mana-intensive powerhouses
But at its best, blue is a beautiful game of dancing on the edge, bringing grace and guile to the table beyond anything the other colors can manage
For cards 1993 to 1998: Sets released between Arabian Nights (1993) and Exodus (1998) will need set code lookup
Evaluating and swapping packages rather than single cards keeps the deck coherent and makes upgrades or pivots (like moving toward cEDH) far easier
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