Maha, Its Feathers Night Lately, Ive been on a journey of self-discovery with monocolored decks in Magic
Gitaxian Probe + Mishra's Bauble Let's put it this way: A cantrip that you can pay for with life rather than mana, and tells you what your foe's up to, is so fundamentally broken that Gitaxian Probe is banned in Modern and Legacy, and it's also restricted in Vintage, where it's no stranger to top-tier decks
While you're getting a measly 1/1 for three mana on the surface, Spike Cannibal becomes a real threat when your opponents are running +1/+1 counter strategies
Ultimately, he truly becomes loyal to the Doctor, but the card does an excellent job of expressing his initially villainous intentions
To spend ink when playing cards or activating abilities, exert the number of cards equal to the ink cost (by turning them 90 degrees sideways)
Plus, whenever an opponent draws a card except for the first one they draw in their draw steps, you get to create a 1/1 Snake token