gix mtg card Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor Foil from Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) Proxy Add one after your draw step Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor | Magic

This token pairs nicely with Tevesh: it basically deals damage and draws two every turn unless you want to store up the Thopters for some attacks later

2 Fluttershy Don't let defender fool you, Fluttershy's here to dish out damage

So while Counterspell might be able to deal with any threat, most times you'd be better off drafting Dark Banishing or Incinerate so you could drop early creatures, and then use the removal to mop up afterwards instead of having to wait for your gracious opponent to walk into your untapped Islands

Once you have enough mana to do everything you want to do, extra lands can become dead cards they no longer impact the game at all