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That would play well in both scenarios

You start with 20 life and the first 19 of those have no impact on the game as such and so you have an abundant pile of resources at your disposal

There are a ton of other combinations, like 13 and Ryan Sinclair or Bill Potts, but they're frankly all less synergistic than The Thirteenth Doctor and Yasmin Khan , so stick with these two

Your first priorities should be establishing a functioning manabase, preferably basic lands, but sometimes you have to chain those Tundras and Volcanic Islands together in order to enable your deck to work properly

The targeted removal here is very good