Plagon, Lord of the Beach (Anime) (Foundations Jumpstart) Light Play

Plagon, Lord of the Beach — Ride the Shallows Plagon, Lord of the Beach arrives as a compact engine for boards where toughness outshines raw power. The card name tells you what it does; when Plagon, Lord of the Beach enters the battlefield you draw a card for each creature you control with toughness greater than its power, which rewards wide or defensive boards and turns chump blockers into card advantage. The printed ability that lets you pay one blue mana to make a creature assign combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power for the turn pairs neatly with creatures that trade poorly but soak a lot of damage. In practice Plagon fits into decks that value high toughness creatures, creatures with damage prevention, or those that want to flip combat math in their favor. The art shows a whimsical starfish wizard riding a sea turtle, a small nod to seaside councils and coastal tactics, and the card plays cleanly alongside bounce, pump, and tempo effects to convert sitting wa