Treasure Map is a filtering champion
Witherbloom Pestilence (Black/Green) Strategic sacrifices, life gain and drain Dina, Essence Brewer sacrifices creatures for card draw, but can also sacrifice other creatures to power up another card and gain more life
That would lead me to reading The Duelist (Wizards of the Coast's Magic magazine) and pitching my puzzle column, which would lead to me writing more articles for the magazine
Shoutout to Spikefield Hazard for hitting players and exiling, both relevant lines of text, Song-Mad Treachery in general (It mostly doesn't matter how much a given threaten effect costs, as on a good day it'll be the last spell you cast), and Malakir Rebirth/Sejiri Shelter for being great at the low threat count decks (prowess) that I love encouraging
D&D references in MTG Adventures in the Forgotten Realms The whole Adventures in the Forgotten Realms set is one big D&D reference, so instead of simply listing every single card in the set - which wouldnt be very interesting - weve tried to distil the references into six main categories to help you get a feel for how this set manages to capture Dungeons & Dragons, and how it might well be your gateway into the world of tabletop RPGs or CCGs too
Out of all the games I picked up at Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2022, the Pokemon Trading Card Game is the one Ive been playing the most