However, you need to keep an eye on your opponent's creatures that may attack you or block Phlage, and build up enough cards in your graveyard to pay Phlage's escape cost
Decide Who Goes First Its important to decide who will go first
The earlier Gaeas Cradle comes into play, the more mana it yields: on turn 1, itll produce 1 mana, but starting from turn 2, its value scales depending on how quickly you can flood the field, and by turn three, youre looking at an income of maybe four mana or higher
This thing will find homes in a broad number of decks, from Neyali, to Alesha, to Winota, and the swathes of tokens and goblin builds that exist in Mardu colors too
This manifests in a willingness to run 3-mana tutors, where the tempo loss of these bad tutors is compensated by a high probability of winning the following turn