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However, they do serve an interesting role in combat: they're the only permanent that can be attacked by an opponent's creature directly

Coral Sword is a fair bit better, leaving behind a worthwhile permanent

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Shinobi cant fully whiff like Ink-Eyes, and it generates a lot of value but without evasion or the ability to protect itself, value alone cant break this into Constructed playability

So I think you want to pair it with ramp and creatures you want to copy rather than just counting the first and third mode