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Suddenly, Brute Force does a mean Overrun impression, Ancestral Anger looks a lot like Ancestral Recall, and your goblin deck becomes much spicier

This is a surprisingly spell-heavy deck, but a lot of those spells are haymakers

With the right flash support, Katara, Waterbending Master becomes the worlds greatest Scroll Thief, and it doesnt even have to connect in combat to draw a handful of cards

Note that this works on abilities that would counter your spells not just spells like Mystic Snake

Lets say youre running 4 of these in a Boros Field of Ruin deck and you are struggling against sac, throw a forest and a few Yasharn into your board

You won't be able to sneak ahead with Evasive characters, and you'll be forced to react with action cards when your opponent plays their own