Its greatest weakness lies in its fragility. Magus of the Moat locks combat down and provides an easy route to victory by building a force of flying creatures that can attack without regard for its ability. One mana isn’t a ton to pay, especially if somebody’s going tall instead of wide, but these cards have one benefit: they tax your opponents for attacking planeswalkers you control, while most of these effects only tax opponents attacking you. Baird, Steward of Argive + Archon of Absolutionīaird, Steward of Argive and Archon of Absolution are grouped together because they’re practically the same card. This is quite interesting because it forces opponents to pay colored mana instead of generic but tends to be a little weaker than other effects like this. Norn's Annex is unique among these effects because it gives your opponents the choice to pay mana or life. Kicking off the list is one of the many ways to tax your opponents when they attack you. Pillow fort is a form of stax, though it’s often less threatening and imposing than harder stax decks since they don’t attack your opponents’ mana. Soft stax like Ghostly Prison only enforce their effects on people who attack you. Hard stax are cards like Winter Orb that force everybody to play by your rules. Most pillow fort cards are a form of soft stax. They’re mostly enchantments by design, though there are also creatures and artifacts that work as pillow fort cards. You can’t build an effective defense from one-time effects like instants and sorceries. They often make attacking you hard, but pillow fort cards can also make it hard for your opponents to interact with your spells through other means. Pillow fort cards make it hard for your opponents to take game actions against you. Propaganda | Illustration by Clint Cearley Baird, Steward of Argive + Archon of Absolution
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