Early resilience plus late game utility is the recipe for some of the best Magic cards, and Sterling Grove is no exception
You could also lean into aristocrats strategies far harder than this deck does
Of course, this card paired beautifully with high-powered lands which Urzas Saga is no stranger to as well as mana rocks and counterspells, such as this cards instant-speed brother Rewind, which untaps up to four lands upon resolving
This print uses a gold-outline full-art treatment and is distinct from the connected three-card scene, which belongs to the Special Illustration Rare (#116), not this card
To build the deck was relatively cheap, and I spent just over 100 getting together the Extra and Main Deck cards needed to build the deck to full strength and compete in tournaments
He now uses the Fabric of All Being to thwart his Drix hunters, knowing that one day he will be caught