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Torpor Orb | Illustration by Svetlin Velinov Stax cards impede your opponents development through various means , such as forcing them to sacrifice permanents, taxing them, making cards enter tapped, and simply having the text players/opponents cannot do X. Many players believe the term comes from Smokestack, a key card of the original stax list, and to some extent that's true

It adds devotion to your white decks if you want to and is a stax piece that prevents opponents from doing stuff like aristocrats or paying life to draw cards

Every time another dragon hits the field, this card throws direct damage around based on the number of dragons you control, which means every new creature becomes a burn spell

And since most creatures that fit that description are unplayable elsewhere, you can pick up a deck full of them on the cheap