Machine Gods Effigy A clone that makes a creature into a noncreature artifact seems suspect at first, but the trick lies in avoiding creatures that have to attack
Because a lot of the cards in Scions and Spellcraft have a mana value of three, many of them cost 2 colorless and 1 colored mana
Needing to pay full price for the spell you copy plus whatever commits the prerequisite crime seems like a lot of costs before considering that this naturally grows weaker as the game goes on and paying 2 life hurts more and more
Recently Bank of America released a report about Hasbro, Wizards parent company, in which they stated, card prices are falling, game stores are losing money, collectors are liquidating, and large retailers are cutting orders. Lower profits for game stores means fewer game stores
Once this happens, start focusing on the next set of packs so that youre always seeing new cards instead of repeats
Massacre Girl isnt always the perfect solution since you need a cascade of creatures dying to the -1/-1 triggers to take down larger creatures, but most of the time it will do the job