[7] "Kogla, the Titan Ape", a regular card in the Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths set, is a clear reference to King Kong
To ensure you have the mana needed to cast your spells, this deck includes mana ramp and fixing cards like Cultivate, Rampant Growth, and mana-generating creatures such as Llanowar Elves and Elvish Mystic
Rakdoss Return Ive touched on this a few times, but the combination of a discard effect and pressure on your opponents life total is highly effective
I ended my year with more Frog decks than I ever expected to build or play
No matter what cards were designed for them, with The Ur-Dragon and O-Kagiachi headlining the same deck side-by-side, one of them was going to feel underwhelming, and its definitely O-Kagiachi
Most of the time when being a counterspell Cryptic is just an awkward costing Dismiss, a card which isn't close to cube quality