Gix Tempo Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor is essentially Mono Black Edric, Spymaster of Trest that has a slightly weaker card draw engine (you have to pay life) and weaker colors but instead comes with a built-in finisher, trading your individually weaker cards of 1/1 evasive creatures for actual haymakers and win conditions of your opponents' libraries
The price does appear to be dipping, though, according to TCGPlayers data, so if youve been planning to buy it as a single then consider holding on for a little while longer
You can also make use of it
Creatures (15) Lands (19) Spells (26) If youre looking for a more degenerate home for Treasure Cruise, something involving Jeskai Ascendency may work since that card is so effective at filling your graveyard as you combo off, but instead Ive gone with this hyper-aggressive Izzet Prowess build which epitomises what I think of when I think of a Treasure Cruise deck: raw efficiency, hurling resources across the table, and the ability to sideboard in some cheap counterspells like Spell Pierce once you know what interaction suits the matchup best
Venusaur ex takes 20 additional damage from Fire-type attacks
It's a powerful beater that's often difficult to deal with, especially when combined with the flicker spells we're running
