A common that wont be in much demand but may be an essential defensive piece of deck structure depending on path to victory, additional value for stand around and win decks focusing on a library destruction or extort victory
On the flip side, Starting Town is a great addition to assertive multicolor decks with intense color requirements
In any case, be careful not to set your hand face-down on top of your inkwell, as that will lead to enormous confusion
We decided to model "United Assault" off Luis Scott-Vargas's 2nd-place deck from Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica because it minimized the amount of guesswork we had to do in terms of the metagame at the decks' release
Card Advantage, Permission, and Threats Mana production aside, the cards in a blue-based control deck can be separated into one of three classes, card advantage spells, which allow you to draw extra cards or search for cards and add them to your hand, permission spells that deny your opponent their plays, or cheap threats which can close out the game once the opponent's game plan has been thwarted
Its premium Phyrexia: All Will Be One printing is worth around $75, and while Sephiroth, the Savior was at one point more expensive than that, it's settled down to a much more reasonable sub-$50 price