ball lightning mtg card Magic The Gathering - - Fulmine Globulare The most frightening storms are those not woven by natures hand. Ball Lightning - Masters 25

Each one makes you discard first and then continue or else mill a card and lose the draw

If youre able to add counters to Conclave Mentor itself it also gains you a lot of life when it dies, which helps you stay alive and activate abilities that require you to pay life

Spell or ability taps a creature and, very often, that permanent can't untap during its next untap This is an offshoot of the last category, and one that isn't quite as permanent an answer

Toss in some mana dorks that tap for mana equal to their power, like Mona Lisa, Science Geek and Gyre Sage, and you can storm your way up to a lethal Fireball