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All of that isnt that hard to do, especially when black has access to a ton of draw power and all of the best tutor effects

For historical figures, they tended to be in the 3 Asian influenced sets of Portal, with cards like Sun Quan, Lord of Wu

Its not the most efficient card on its own, but it becomes a stack of soft counters that can grind a combo or tempo deck to a halt

They might also run spot removal in the form of [c]Swords to Plowshares[/c], mass removal in the form of [c]Wrath of God[/c], or both

Quick aside, have you ever noticed that the vast majority of card games have initial draws that are odd numbers