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Critical mass of "cantrips", one-mana spells that draw a card on top of some other minor effect, is absolutely essential, especially when you also run Delver of Secrets, so having four copies of Mental Note matters even with the existence of the strictly better Thought Scour

Aetherworks Marvel digs down to find something gigantic, like Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger, to attack with

Build up Blood tokens with Strefan, Maurer Progenitor, or build your Spirit squad with Millicent, Restless Revenant

The exact amount of land youll want is dictated by how high the mana costs in your deck are and also whether or not youve got reliable ramp (always have a Sol Ring) or if youve got other ways of playing your cards, such as bringing them back from the graveyard after discarding them

Any time we put new cards into Magic we think about how many were putting in