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6 Gandalf The White Gandalf the White is one of Tales of Middle-earth 's best and coolest legendary creatures of all

Note that while I have good options in Dreadmaw's Ire and Sunfire Torch, its hard to pass this (its not the absolute bomb in this deck, but still pretty good)

One, when Banewhip Punisher puts a -1/-1 counter on a creature, even if the Banewhip Punisher is destroyed before it can kill the creature, the affected creature still has its power and toughness lowered

That said, its also often fine to just use Brainstorm as a cantrip if you have to I feel like some people swing too far in the other direction and refuse to cast it unless theyre getting a lot of value, but the beauty of the card is that it can be cast in many different ways, so you should not impose this restriction on yourself