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This is not me gaslighting you

While this does tie in with areas of the color pie black excels in, its ramp spells almost always carry a higher mana cost than any other color, making them ill suited for the early game when they are most needed

Brilliant Plan is in only 323 decks on EDHrec for a reason

Its less likely that we can get away with playing cards like Frostburn Weird this time around (which was tied with Jace, Architect of Thought for most played nonland card in the Top 8 of Pro Tour Theros )

But theres something satisfying about giving your opponent a random token and stealing their best creature in return