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But that wasn't it when it came to mana

Hands to Keep I think it is important to view the deck in four components enablers (eight in total Entomb and Faithless Looting with eight creatures to discard), reanimation spells (twelve in total Reanimate, Animate Dead and Exhume), disruption (ten in total Thoughtseize, Unmask and Grief) and mana (twenty-two in total Lotus Petal, Dark Ritual and fourteen lands) The ideal hand in pre-board games is one that has a route to the combo (Entomb or Faithless Looting plus Creature, and a reanimation spell), a disruption spell (Thoughtseize, Unmask or Grief) and enough mana to make it all happen

Then you can spend three mana, sacrifice another dork, and then put a +1/+1 counter here, so that's a use for Saproling tokens or Spider tokens after they chump block

It just so happens that two BGS 9.5 copies sold on eBay at auction this month, and both ended north of $2000

Still, 5 mana is a bit much for this effect