Village Rites Village Rites is a great newer option for black draw at instant speed, at the cost of a creature sacrifice and 1 black mana
And The Rest After going pretty deep on explaining mana and tutors, the rest of the checklist is pretty straightforward: is important to refill your hand, out-grind your opponents, and smooth out your gameplay
Unfortunately, it just doesnt seem to know what type of strategy it wants to commit to
When I sat down to pen this article, researching Magic: The Gathering cards in more detail, my goal was to put together a list of the most expensive cards from the game organized 20 to 1
They might not be a meaningfully supported archetype in most sets, but you still find them, often as a boon for doing something simple like triggering heroic on Phalanx Leader, to juicing up a card like Ancient Animus, or just to make an aggressive deck more viable
My biggest issue with the straight-out-of-the-box precon is that it feels light on ways to dump creatures into the graveyard, especially early in the game