The two work quite well together, too, as Ich-Tekik wants your artifacts and the graveyard and Silas Renn can keep bringing them back
Now shuffle up, head to your local game store, and start testing your new deck
Lets look at Nahiris Molten Ambition by the numbers: 36 Equipment 28 Equipment @ 3mv or less 14 Living Weapons 5 Creatures that can tutor up Equipment or put it into play (Kassandra, Gilgamesh etc) 5 Early drop Creatures that reduce or free equip (Puresteel Paladin, Fervent Champion, Helitrooper etc) 31 Creatures (+4 if you factor in Pre-War Formalwear, Raven Clan War-Axe, Emerias Call and Inkmoth Nexus) 36 Lands (+ Land Tax, Sword of the Animist, Bitterthorn, Sword of Hearth and Home, & 2* Equipment Tutors) So, with 36 Equipment and 5 creatures that can find one, were at a whopping 96.9% to see two of them by Turn 3
With Half-Shark, you can just keep returning action cards to your hand through challenging, opening yourself up to all sorts of combos and more importantly easy access to targeted removal when you need it
State of Design Natural State | Illustration by Volkan Baga How do we reconcile the concerns that WotC is printing too many cards which as we've seen are as old as MTG itself, and are nowadays even echoed by investment banks with Magic's ramped-up output and record sales
