(9/19/2025) The amount of life you lose is determined by the mana value of the card in your graveyard, not the creature once it's on the battlefield
Building off of that, the decks commander Millicent, Restless Revenant, is a legendary spirit that gets a discount of 1 for every spirit that you control
This means you can get a lot of counters, and a lot of cards, out of Wan Shi Tong in most games
One has a quadruple clause (nonlegendary, creature, converted mana cost X, graveyard), the other gives me an emblem (as if this thing that cant be interacted with is actually easier to understand than just saying For the rest of the game) I hope people remember this type of hit the next time people start talking about dumbing down the game
Originally released as videogame promotional cards, Sherry LeBlancs strategy is resurrected and revolutionized in Legendary Duelists: Synchro Storm
There are two specific reasons I am putting this card where I am