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Is it always the same

Collective Effort is another spell I think may see reasonable amounts of play because of emerge, letting you kill a big creature while also pumping your team to commence an alpha strike

You can usually play this on turn four, if not earlier

Its a big hurdle placed in the opponents path, and the time it takes them to get over it is time you can spend catching up or winning the game yourself

Powerstone Artifact Ramp Powerstone tokens are interesting because they produce mana that can't be used for any nonartifact spell

For example, since flipping Sephiroth only requires four Creatures to die, regardless of who controls them, some of the strongest cards in the deck are edict Creatures, or Creatures that force each player to sacrifice when they enter