[caption id="attachment_390" align="alignleft" width="203" caption="Big heals might as well read like this..."][/caption] Avoid cards such as Mangara's Blessing or Spring of Eternal Peace that may give you a chunk of life but probably involve you losing a turn and possibly control of the game
Evasive is a nuisance of an ability that gives you the power to challenge freely without fear of revenge, and can help clear an opponent's board if they've built up a healthy number of creatures and are questing frequently
That being said, while nothing in Magic is guaranteed, fancy foils like these do tend to be quite resilient
Crackdown is a higher casting cost Meekstone with the upside of not affecting white creatures
The people need to fuel, to nourish their bodies and their souls, not just thrill their palates
But whereas the variable nature of the post-mill creature card count might cause that removal spell to miss, Grave Strength is a lot more forgiving and has a bigger upside