Other times its a strategy - for example, knowing you want to play as many lands as possible or win using an alternate win method, such as milling your opponent so that they lose when they cant draw any cards
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While it didnt gain much, having access to Briar [Stellar Crown] means you can draw extra Prize Cards, and that's all it takes sometimes
Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Psychic (-20) Retreat: 1 Bisharp* - Darkness / Metal - HP100 Stage 1 - Evolves from Pawniard [C] Retaliate: 30+ damage
The artifact requires a pretty high cost to get the chain started, though - four mana (or three and two life) to cast, then two mana (or one and two life), a tapped card and a sacrificed creature to set its ability in motion