These are the nucleus of your deck, which the rest of your cards will be built around, supporting and facilitating their best features
On the other end of this spectrum were simple games, things that you could learn in a minute or two
Rating: 1/5 Again, you don't want to play vanillas and this one has a stat line that I particularly dislike
Examples of useful 3rd cards that could be in the discard already in this situation would be cards like Dark Patch (Darkrai), Ultra Ball (ZekEels/Darkrai) or Switch (Darkrai/CMT)
(2016-08-23) Conspiracies are colorless, have no mana cost, and can't be cast as spells
Meanwhile, Mishra Claimed by Gix and Phyrexian Dragon Engine become Mishra, Lost to Phyrexia a fearsome creature with lots of enter-the-battlefield effects