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Marisi requires that your creatures connect in combat, so you'll have to support them with unblockable-granting effects, or bias towards evasive creatures with trample, flying, etc

The combination of card draw and lifegain spirals out of control in a few turns

A low opportunity cost mana sink that scales into the late-game is awesome, and Ill spoil the fact that the rest of the cycle did not make my list by saying that I believe Lair of the Hydra to be the best of the lot for Cube play

Swinging in with Kaalia of the Vast lets you drop an angel, demon, or dragon directly onto the battlefield with no mana required, which means you can unleash game-ending threats like Balefire Dragon way ahead of schedule

Savage Ventmaw and Bloomvine Regent: generate explosive mana for chaining multiple dragons in one turn