mtg shards of alara cards Prince Thralls [Shards of Alara] then gain 5 life. Shards of Alara - Booster

Frodo, Determined Hero I dont really buy this card

The plan was to have the common dual lands be subtype Gate and have a handful of cards that cared about Gates so the cards would have some extra functionality

Psychic Frog, Key to the City, Harnfel, Horn of Bounty, Ultimate Green Goblin, and Chainer, Nightmare Adept round out the ways to discard, but there are certainly more every set

cEDH shoutout to Doorkeeper Thrull, who joins Dress Down as a flash, two-mana answer to format staples Dockside Extortionist and Thassas Oracle

Past typal mechanics tended to work with a single creature type

The classic combo in this case is Najeela, plus the untapping bird, Derevi, Empyrial Tactician