Condition Cards in mint condition (no scratches, creases, or edge wear) command the highest prices
Card Types Energy Types Energy Curve Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck 1 Energy 2 attacks 12.5% of attacks 2 Energy 3 attacks 18.8% of attacks 3 Energy 10 attacks 62.5% of attacks 4 Energy 1 attack 6.3% of attacks Opening Hand Probability Calculator Calculate the probability of drawing specific cards in your opening hand % Probability of drawing at least of in your opening hand Comments
Its a pretty aggressive card for white, but its ability to pump itself up, and draw cards when it dies (or when other creatures with +1/+1 tokens on it die) make it incredibly versatile
Here are some cards that, to me, definitively fall under the Stax banner: Stasis Winter Orb Static Orb Rising Waters Storm Cauldron Smokestack Words of Wind Back to Basics Drannith Magistrate Decree of Silence The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale The cards above are all notorious for stopping a game from happening, either through not allowing lands to untap, making it prohibitive to play creatures (the formats defining way to play), or by stopping you from playing your Commander (which is the point of the format, whether you like it or not)