What About the Mana Value of Two-Brid Hybrid Mana
The second is to make Widespread Thieving work in Standard, which seems more likely, but still pretty implausible
There are more than enough -1/-1 and synergistic cards to support a general -1/-1 counter strategy
You have a 60.1% chance of having or finding one SPECIFIC creature/land that is a 4-of in your deck with a turn 0 Once Upon a Time (Starting 7 cards with 5 effective "draws" off OUAT in a 60 card deck) The draw filtering advantage is ~20% on turn 0, in every third game
My Overall Verdict After reviewing every major dual land cycle, three options stand above the rest for delivering consistent, powerful mana bases across formats: Fetch Lands remain the gold standard, providing perfect color access while enabling landfall triggers and deck thinning that smooth draws throughout the game
Interesting New Cards Blight Curse is packed with clever designs: Oft-Nabbed Goat encourages opponents to use -1/-1 counters and pairs with The Reaper for repeatable value Sinister Gnarlbark provides steady card draw and Blight synergy Dread Tiller supports Scarecrow tribal while ramping and weakening opponents Village Pillagers withers creatures, creates Treasure, and benefits from Blight Artifacts like Wickersmiths Tools convert -1/-1 counters into charge counters, eventually producing Scarecrow tokens, while Ferrafor, Young Yew might be the standout new carddoubling every type of counter on a creature, whether that helps you or devastates your opponents
