However, its always interesting to see just how much of a jump one printing can have in comparison to some of their other printings
Ninjas with a low ninjutsu cost like Prosperous Thief and Ingenious Infiltrator can help you save mana for flashier game-ending spells like Kotose, the Silent Spider
Thats great, but what were really concerned about is the card draw
Enchantments There are a variety of good permanents you can drop that draw you cards on damage like Virtue of Courage, damage doublers like Dictate of the Twin Gods, damage triplers like Fiery Emancipation, as well as card that add bits of damage (and the ever key triggers for these cards in this section) like Mechanized Warfare and Roiling Vortex
Showing the opponent that you have access to a powerful hate card that requires a very specific action from the opponent will force them to sideboard in an unusual way
On the flip side, the 4/4 sphinx is a solid play, probably what you want to be doing with this card