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Mono-Black Grief (2 players): This mono-color midrange deck exploits Orcish Bowmasters and The One Ring, has access to the powerful turn-one play of Grief into Malakir Rebirth, and makes of us Field of Ruin and Demolition Field in its mana base

With phasings return, it moved from a 9 (I never say never, but this would require a minor miracle) to an 8 (It's unlikely to return, but possible if the stars align)

The Locus is a decent stax piece, but isnt too insane

Spoiler its both, and were about to dive into the chaos

Angel of Vitality also combos nicely with Bishop and Resplendent Angel

Most of the time, Cumulative Upkeep costs are some amount of mana, though some cards (and this is especially prevalent during Coldsnap) would ask for some other payment such as paying life or sacrificing a creature