Locke Cole Rating: 6/10 Blue/black is just trying to be a control deck in Final Fantasy , and Locke Cole does everything you want a control deck to do
A lot of that value is tied up in lands like Sunbaked Canyon and Stormcarved Coast, which contribute to some of the best precon mana bases weve ever seen
Both of those abilities are great, but you also get to put another counter on a permanent every time you cast a noncreature spell
This makes trades really awful for your opponent, but the stat-line holds it back in a big way
Memnarch Memnarch lets you steal every artifact your opponents control, plus anything you can pay additional mana to turn into artifacts
Creatures (8) 1 Verdant Force 1 Visara the Dreadful 1 Symbiotic Wurm 1 Stronghold Taskmaster 1 Nether Spirit 1 Petradon 2 Faceless Butcher Lands (23) Spells (28) Sideboard Entomb is frequently better than a one-mana Demonic Tutor, since finding the creature you want is only half the battle