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I particularly like Inspiring Statuary in this deck due to all the artifacts, and its especially good with Equipment cards

In Pioneer, Greasefang, Okiba Boss is a prime target to return, helping the powerful yet somewhat fragile combo deck have an easier time beating cards like Rending Volley

While it has fallen from grace quite a bit in recent years, being able to search for any land every turn cycle is both incredibly powerful and easy if you arent the player who went first in your pod of players, as youll, in theory, always be behind in land if the first player never misses a land drop

The Planar Chaos design team wanted to focus on color switching and thus also shied away from using old mechanics in new ways (well, other than using them in colors they hadn't been used in before)

You may cast spells from among those cards this turn, and mana of any type can be spent to cast them