To put it in numbers, with Looting a typical scenario went like this: Or to put it more accurately: the following turn. But with the Ox, you get to discard the Imps first, and after dredging half of your remaining deck with them you should have some good additional dredgers for the following turns as well. With Looting, you dredged up the Loams and then discarded the Imps to set up better dredges in the future. What often happens is that you dredge your best dredgers first, so you have a couple of 《Stinkweed Imp》s in your hand and 《Life from the Loam》s in the graveyard. In addition to dredging 3 instead of 2, discarding before drawing is usually a significant upside in the early midgame. It’s like a turbo-charged flashback Looting. While 《Merchant of the Vale》 isn’t even nearly as good as Looting was for your opening hands, the Ox is insanely powerful in the midgame. While cans of caffeine might give you wings, the Red Ox gives you something even better: wins.

But now, after drinking excessive amounts of energy drinks, Dredge has revitalized.

Mtg the source dredge