Table of Contents show The Deck Baral, Chief of Compliance | Illustration by Wesley Burt Commander (1) Planeswalker (1) Creature (21) Baral, Chief of Compliance Coruscation Mage Dockside Extortionist Faerie Mastermind Harmonic Prodigy Stormcatch Mentor Thunderclap Drake Thundertrap Trainer Birgi, God of Storytelling Guttersnipe Harnesser of Storms Hydroelectric Specimen Valley Floodcaller Veyran, Voice of Duality Archmage Emeritus Ashling, Flame Dancer Storm-Kiln Artist Lier, Disciple of the Drowned Pinnacle Monk Consecrated Sphinx Daring Waverider Instant (24) Flusterstorm Mystical Tutor Pongify Rapid Hybridization Strix Serenade Swan Song Cyber Conversion Cyclonic Rift Fault Line Fork Increasing Vengeance Mana Drain Narset's Reversal Pyretic Ritual Reverberate Blue Sun's Zenith Chaos Warp Flare of Denial Flare of Duplication Reiterate Sink into Stupor Valakut Awakening Expansion Nexus of Fate Sorcery (12) Vandalblast Crackle with Power Epic Experiment Expressive Iteration Jeska's Will Sundering Eruption Mana Geyser Temporal Manipulation Time Warp Treasure Cruise Blasphemous Act Apex of Power Enchantment (3) Mystic Remora Dual Casting Rhystic Study Artifact (7) Sol Ring Arcane Signet Fellwar Stone Izzet Signet Mind Stone Talisman of Creativity Thought Vessel Land (31) Command Tower Fiery Islet Frostboil Snarl Island x10 Molten Tributary Mountain x5 Myriad Landscape Mystic Sanctuary Riptide Laboratory Scalding Tarn Shivan Reef Spirebluff Canal Steam Vents Stormcarved Coast Sulfur Falls Thundering Falls Training Center Volatile Fjord This Alania, Divergent Storm deck does one thing and does it often, and thats cast instants and sorceries
, : Double target creature's power until end of turn
At the time, rarity was not marked on cards and was closely linked to the demands of the printing process
This left Dimir Deaths Shadow as a combo killer with a reasonable ability to handle smaller creatures
I had just learned about Black Lotus, discovered how powerful it was, and was wondering why people werent playing it (besides the card being so expensive!)
