While that balance has shifted over the years (along with plenty of other archetype-defining cards that have come and gone), Mana Drain continues to find ways to make control viable, despite how intense of competition it faces
One game plan that I don't recommend with Reanimator is a transformative sideboard
The truth of the matter was not that Joe or anyone else was particularly luckier than I was, or that I was necessarily a worse trader
For example, Annihilate will be card advantage if it resolves normally targeting a creature an opponent controlsyou lose one card from your hand but you also draw a card, for a net gain of zero cards, and your opponent loses one card, so you're up one card relative to them
When those pieces come together, Interceptor Mechan can become the largest Gravedigger the galaxy has ever seen
Recently, theyve been pushing $7-$8.00 each. The extent of this shortage even impacted a recent McDonalds promotion that offered limited supply Pokmon TCG cards with every Happy Meal