While he does leave a way out for opponents not to lose life, in truth, your instants and sorceries should be the things keeping creatures off the board to remove the illusion of choice
For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library. In essence, rather than drawing one card, you get to draw three then pick the one you want the most out of the bunch and keep it for free, or choose to draw more cards by paying some life
You can see the types and their associated magical ideologies in the color wheel adjacent
Some top investment cards include the Shadowless First Edition Charizard, Shiny Charizard VMAX, and Pikachu Illustrator, all known for their high value and rarity
In the main deck, we're hoping to stick surveil payoffs like Thoughtbound Phantasm and Dimir Spybug and grow them into real threats as we cast surveil cards