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One mana is not a significant tempo cost which is important when investing in something that has no effect on the board

The Red Lesson Solstice Revelations with flashback for three mana and then exile and cast or draw our top nonland if its cheaper than our Mountain count

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Start by playing with Samurai tribal

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With many of the same powerful features and nearly the same speed, High Tide was nonetheless able to dominate the matchup with more Counterspells and fewer artifact do-nothings there only to power up the Academy