Bladecoil Serpent Versatile, and extremely powerful (duh!) picking Bladecoil Serpent first is bound to impact the rest of your draft as you decide which of three colour pairs to go for - but it would be pretty good even if you were only getting one of its effects
Mitsurugi is also unable to accommodate a large amount of hand traps that the OCG format demands, packing an average of 12 hand traps in the Main Deck, whereas other decks are running upwards of 17 to 19 hand traps in the Main Deck
However, if you choose a target and it is an illegal target as the ability tries to resolve, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on Ace
Curse of Exhaustion A one-sided Rule of Law for 1 more mana, Curse of Exhaustion can be a desperate addition to certain stax builds
At the start of your Main Phase 1: Banish 1 card from your hand
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