books 4.4
There are plenty of powerful midrange dorks that suffer from lack of archetypes in Simic, there are also some cute smaller dorks with nice effects but that never seem to be enough to make a final 40 list
And the way it dances across the panel, disrupting the saga counter progression, which replicates the duplicated first two steps with their Umezawa's Jitte choices, is perfect
Their signature attack, 1,000 Needles, is an annoyingly gimmicky attack that deals 1000 damage and ignores all defense, and of course, this is the move designers have chosen to bring to its Magic: The Gathering card
The other word of caution I have that is fairly specific to Dread Fugues two-drop cap is you really, really need to cast the card on Turn 1
Black complements white in card advantage and creature recursion and adds to reds aggressiveness with life drain effects and unconditional removal