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Eternal of Harsh Truths: 'Becomes blocked' is very interesting because of cards like Prey Upon

Then there's Abuela Alma, who enables you to go digging through your deck for a Madrigal character, which further cements the predictability of the deck key in a tournament setting

This innovative free spell design opens up powerful turn 1 interaction

Next, let's consider how much more mana you should have to pay to get these two cards

This leaves the deck with a curve of something like suspend Lotus Bloom on Turn 1, cast some cantrips on Turn 2, on Turn 3 play a Phyrexian Unlife, on Turn 4 cast Glorious End on the opponent's upkeep to force them to skip their turn, and on Turn 5 win the game

You will not randomly lose to a match up that is tribal zombies or affinity or a mostly gold zoo list due to your Doom Blade / Go for the Throat / Ultimate Price respectively