I prefer Cabal Initiate a lot, especially because Viashino Lashclaw become a Grizzly Bears in the late game
(They deal combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Creature - Sliver Color tag templates(None) Synapse Sliver Whenever a Sliver deals combat damage to a player, its controller may draw a card
The cost-reduction ability of Sentry Bot doesn't change its mana cost or mana value, only the total cost you pay
Nick Valentine, Private Eye , Expert-Level Safe , and Curie, Emergent Intelligence are all decent draw cards, but tend to be clunky and can easily be replaced with better draw options
It's also a popular strategy because it immediately increases the level of politics at a table, with planeswalkers able to fix most threats
Ashling combines a lot of scary rules text together to make a card that looks like it will find a natural home in existing storm shells including red very easily