The ideal scenario is getting down to the sweet cost of just where youll undoubtedly have enough mana left over to rebuild
Here are the most effective ways to play around discard strategies: Draw a bunch of cards consistently, which is unfortunately something that some colors struggle to do (blue card draw and green card draw tend to be the best)
As for the X spells themselves, that includes a rich variety of Hydras such as Hydroid Krasis, which is overwhelmingly strong even without Zaxara there to generate additional value on the side, along with other staple Hydras like Lifeblood Hydra, Protean Hydra, and the mighty Genesis Hydra
Sefris of the Hidden Ways Sefris of the Hidden Ways is a strong reanimation commander that uses discard effects to stock your graveyard with scary reanimation targets and to advance through dungeons for the second ability, compressing the needs of the reanimation strategy into a compact card
While Fling itself has some advantages over Brion Stoutarm, the benefits are also pretty clear