[c]Blue-Red Delver[/c] is named after [c]Delver of Secrets[/c], a super cheap yet effective creature that can whittle away at your opponents life total over the course of a game
plus if I havent a mana sinker like [[Merfolk Skydiver]] on the board, the speed given is generally catch by the card disadvantage and the fact that the cards I use to break the game are creature centric or require more than just a large amount of mana to work ([[Deeproot Waters]], [[Opposition]], [[Murkfiend Liege]], [[Master of Waves]], [[Prophet of Kruphix]])
Techs, Pt
True-Name Nemesis's price kept ticking up until eventually Wizards decided to change the rule and let stores just order more copies of the Mind Seize deck itself, which finally got the supply of True-Name Nemesis up to a reasonable place and dropped the price
That Beta Chaos Orb and the Library of Alexandria deserve their own spotlight as well
When on the draw or paired against a more aggressive strategy, the deck had the tools to take a control role