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One only needs to look to cEDH to see how this plays out to the logical conclusion: you take time off to dither about, and somebody has already threatened to win the game

Typically these are used in concert with discard effects in decks with heavy graveyard synergy as you will want specific things in the bin and wont be able to control whether you draw them or not

Players looking to build a dedicated evasive deck will want to pair with ruby or steel to fill out the deck and cover emeralds natural weak spots

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You cant pressure a 3-mana planeswalker that upticks to 6 loyalty easilyespecially since it often comes down on turn 2 thanks to mana dorks

So how do we not make a set that has 30 Black cards in it? Bowen observes