A counterpoint to my previous argument: Everybody knows that historically blues got better spells overall in MTG, and the MTGO Vintage Cube shows it
But there are two stats on creatures for a reason, and today were looking at toughness instead
Although a victim of power creep, a 6/6 flying first strike is good, and the downside can easily be used to our advantage (see above)
The 3-cost Artifact Ashnod's Altar, which lets you sacrifice a creature to farm mana, is represented by Sir Bedivere's Scales - a device for identifying and condemning witches which was the height of medieval English science (or, at least, more effective than checking for warty noses)
It might be time to revisit some of the Ayara, First of Locthwain decks I pitched early in Kaldheim preview season since all these black creatures trigger the drain ability with Awaken the Blood Avatar as a big finisher
New Ability Word: Corrupted Corrupted is an ability word which indicates abilities that care whether an opponent has three or more poison counters
