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This has the capacity to do that, but because you have to have mana up to do it and because you spend extra mana to make it do it, it is way worse than a one mana 1/1 that always has death touch

And while it is likely that Zirda, the Dawnwaker will see play in some fringe combo decks (probably involving Eldrazi Displacer and a creature that makes at least two colorless mana when it enters the battlefield, like Eyeless Watcher) as a normal main-deck card, which puts it ahead of several companions on our list, just how practical it is to build a deck where every permanent in your deck has an activated ability remains to be seen

Theme of the deck: Burn through cards and grow your mummy army

The sheer size of it as a 7/7 makes it the biggest Elder Dragon on this list, too