Prison/stax decks stop your opponent from playing cards and attacking you while gaining incremental advantages over time, be it with lifegain, Treasure tokens, or card draw
The games where Venser doesnt feel good enough tend to involve the opponents ability to replay the card youre trying to bounce and you not having a permanent answer to the card
Hazoret the Fervent was a very common finisher in those decks since few strategies could deal with a 5/4 haste, indestructible creature
Each deck comes with ten new-to- Magic cards, the face card and another powerful legendary creature each in traditional foil, plus the foil-etched display commander
Power Nine Set In Magic: The Gathering, the Power Nine are nine rare cards found in the Alpha, Beta, and Unlimited sets, and are widely considered to be the most powerful cards ever printed
I have had it often enough where I am able to play the Gem with one or no lands in play, I have even cast it simply as a way to relay my Tolarian Academy so that I could tap it again for substantially more than the four mana used to play the Gem with