If you've got any other cool ideas for modifying the "Mystic Intellect" deck, hit me up on Twitter @ChasAndres
Blue decks are historically the controlling strategies in Magic : The Gathering
Finally, you can mitigate the damage you take as it comes via creatures like Souls Attendant or Essence Warden, or gain a bunch of life through cards like Exsanguinate and Debt to the Deathless to offset early losses
In a mill deck where we are giving cards to our foes in their graveyard we are giving them ammo, so having answers there matters
The Next Standard: Rotation 2026 and 2027 Here are the sets that make up the Standard card pool after skipping the 2026 Fall and going into 2027's rotation as of the first release
I havent noticed many lifegain decks running around recently, at least not in Standard, but they do exist in abundance in Pioneer and Explorer, so it might be intended for those formats