5 Loki, Lord Of The Aesir Same as Odin, it would behoove you to have a card that searches your deck for Nordic monsters if you run Loki, because youre going to want this card out pretty quick
While Allosaurus Shepard's stats are nothing to write home about, being a 1/1 for one, it totes an ability that for six mana, can alter each Elf creatures under its owners control to have a base power and toughness of 5/5
But sometimes you don't need the mana right away, and you'd rather get some sort of bonus from the land you grab
For valuable cards, top loaders are a popular protection method among collectors
What really makes an Edgar Markov deck pop, though, is if you play him with mass land destruction, such as Ravages of War or Armageddon, resetting the board on turn four, while everyone else is trying to set themselves up with extra lands