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Many of the cards in the deck, like Thalia, Guardian of Thraben have tax effects on them to slow down the opponent's game plan

Flash lets Masako surprise your opponent when they try to get an all-out attack past you while youre tapped out, but once the initial combat tricks been resolved, Masako kind of reverts to just being a 2/1 with a pseudo-vigilance anthem

One of the most popular directions to take a deck is the kindred route

The benefits are then give to that spell

After playing with it a few times, the free copy you get for the first artifact, instant, or sorcery you cast provides so much impact on the board, especially with some of the newer cards provided later in the year like Portal to Phyrexia, Flow of Knowledge or Cosmic Epiphany