With 81% of submitted decks not running Mana Crypt, though, it's clear that not all decks need Crypt to function
Reyhans just fine in a vacuum, but 2-color partners are always way more powerful than they seem
Legendary Creature - Warrior Elf Color tag templates(None) Scurry Oak Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, you may create a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token
Only if a spell or ability has no more legal targets will it fail to resolve, or it tries to resolve as much as possible
Creatures (35) 4 Loyal Pegasus 4 Healer's Hawk 4 Venerated Loxodon 4 Venerable Knight 4 Faerie Guidemother 4 Giant Killer 3 Gingerbrute 4 Stonecoil Serpent 4 Alseid of Life's Bounty Lands (20) Spells (5) Sideboard Most aggressive white decks have leaned on Lurrus of the Dream-Den, but I dont think one spell per turn is actually going to enable recovery against decks that can answer your first rush
The payoff occurs at the end step: if no player controls creatures, Sothera is sacrificed