Draining
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Black is good at killing creatures and lands, draining life from creatures and players, looking through its deck for something, very occasional planeswalker removal and ripping cards out of hands, but it has trouble with artifacts and enchantments.
Source: Magic A Is Magic A -
They'll use a lot of removal and counter spells to halt the opponent's advance and then come over the top late game with huge resonators and mana-draining tactics.
Source: Tabletop Game / Force Of Will -
Mana Burn: Energy-draining weapons are inherited from K, but in light of the removal of movement or weapon range, debuffs that would normally 'slow down' your movement by reducing range, now increase the AP cost of actions for your units.
Source: Video Game / Supa Robo Gakuen
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