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Those factors dont seem to apply here

Zellix, Sanity Flayer + Haunted One I wanted to use the Haunted One background from Battle for Baldurs Gate for reasons I hope I dont have to explain

In this spot, you should usually name Manamorphose with your Meddling Mage to make it very unlikely that Thing in the Ice transforms next turn

Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate can trigger the raid ability that same turn if you cast it on your second main phase, returning a 1/1 or so

The number of lands in a deck is determined by the format and the total number of cards in the deck

Do you see why these cards have been removed from the format