mtg whenever you play a card from exile Back to the Basics exile the top card of your library Saruman of Many Colors |

A good number of these creatures, such as Grim HaruspexGrim Haruspex, Butcher of MalakirButcher of Malakir, and Blood ArtistBlood Artist provide extra value out of your sacrifices when activating the Pod

These become larger the more copies of this card or ooze creature cards you have in your graveyard or in exile

The spell portion is the one that people are mainly after when they play this card, but a 1/4 flyer that can be brought back from your graveyard to your hand is nothing to scoff at

Four copies of Top and Brainstorm are set in stone, so the question gets narrowed down to what the next two cards should be

Blue gets us access to counterspells, making interaction and removal versus the Atraxa players difficult to say the least, and impossible at its best