Despite all the cards we talked about today being quite playable, theres really no getting around the fact that much of whites mana ramp is simply mana tutoring
4) Hatred Black weenie decks owe a huge debt of gratitude to this instant, which gave shadow creatures on average an extra eighteen power on turn three (thanks again to a certain other instant/interrupt/mana source that I'll get to in a minute, promise!)
However, it is also much less impressive than this full-art depiction, which takes on a much more regal and attention-getting characteristic
You can untap a mana creature or mana rock that makes more mana and then either have a free spell or more
Everyone knows that person who had three Black Lotuses and a playset of every Dual Land and got rid of them back during the Bush Administration
Because it was a three-drop, it could be played on turn two off Birds of Paradise or Llanowar Elves