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Tarrians Journal / The Tomb of Aclazotz Youd prefer your sac outlets to work at instant speed, but Tarrian's Journal gets a pass

I opened TWO in my first Blue prelease

Hypnotic Specter, the hippy as it was known, was always a great first turn play in conjunction with Dark Ritual

Niv-Mizzet Dracogenius [Dragon deck (it is also a Wizard)]: Casual favorite

Lorwyn (2007) Introducing the planeswakers for the first time as Magic cards

Cards like the miracle cards (Entreat the Angels, Bonfire of the Damned) retain usefulness by being decent in non-miracle mode, but unfortunately, due to the nonland restriction on Mise, its very hard to come out ahead