rivendell mtg card • The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #259 If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn Rivendell · Tales of Middle-earth

Cheap cards like Llanowar Elves can accelerate you early and then become decent threats later

However, if you copy that permanent with Heat Shimmer, the Mistcutter Hydra copy enters with 0 +1/+1 counters and presumably dies

Of course, we all know it was really the library manipulation that made this deck so good, not the least of which was the Intuition / Accumulated Knowledge engine

This ensures that youre Vehicle reward is immune to sorcery speed Artifact removal, making it more likely youll get at least one attack in, so you can draw your extra card

This left the gold cards in a similar position to much actual gold, stuck in a fort surrounded by armed guards rather than attacking for 2