If youve played Izzet Phoenix, you know finding ways to get your firebirds back from the graveyard is generally not a concern
Generally, you are focusing more on the lifegain, as the mill cards are rarer
Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos is a true Phrexian now, creating Incubator tokens anytime you cast a Phyrexian or artifact spell
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Most of these counters, though, really make it seem like Crystalline Giant has to be on the battlefield for at least two turns before were breaking even, and weve still got to make up for the lack of material while we were waiting as well as the decreased reliability
You have to make deckbuilding concessions to yourself as a stax player, but your advantage comes from planning to play around effects like Thorn of Amethyst while your opponents get caught off guard