12/82 Dark Slowbro(Holo)
The activation cost is much steeper, and the loss of the ability to drop a pod and immediately turn your three-drop into a four-drop hurts too much
It represents a low-entry, high-upside asset
You can take a mulligan and re-draw your first cards, but every time you do, your hand gets one card smaller, which encourages you not to bother unless youre seriously screwed over
Card Advantage, Permission, and Threats Mana production aside, the cards in a blue-based control deck can be separated into one of three classes, card advantage spells, which allow you to draw extra cards or search for cards and add them to your hand, permission spells that deny your opponent their plays, or cheap threats which can close out the game once the opponent's game plan has been thwarted
Delve Delve might seem like a surprise entry on this list as many of the delve cards are oppressively overpowered