(I originally read this in Randy Buehler's description of his 1998 Worlds deck, in which he used Rainbow Efreet.) This holds true for essentially all of the common control finishers in Standard today: Consecrated Sphinx lets you draw a ton of cards
Terra, Cloud, and Tidus are the clear picks for their games, but how did you land on Yshtola for Final Fantasy 14
This allows Orah decks to provide the value of tribal synergies as well as the value of Aristocrats' strategies
Whilst some could argue Mega Evolutions have made games shorter with less strategy, I completely disagree
The key difference is that Linvala, Keeper of Silence is asymmetrical
In: 1 Loch Mare 2 Disdainful Stroke 1 Essence Scatter 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island 1 Duress (on the draw) Out: 1 Spell Snare 3 Requiting Hex 1 Bitter Triumph 1 Island (on the draw) 2 Shoot the Sheriff (on the play) The key thing to note here is that I dont actually think that you need removal or graveyard hate against Dimir Excruciator