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Once the second ability triggers, you'll scry 2 and then draw a card when it resolves even if one or more of those creatures left the battlefield or were otherwise removed from combat

All of those cards are superfluous, though, and you should be focusing on amassing a board of Inventors first, and Items second

But you do have to watch out for those removal spells

Idol of Oblivion Idol of Oblivion gets the nod over Staff of the Storyteller by virtue of being colorless

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There isnt a lot of removal in black (certainly less than most sets), but Grasp of Darkness is one of the best at the common level