(With a few outliers, decks having 8, 9 and 10 respectively.) It's arguable that knowing Baral is in a Cube or taking it early can help to build around it, but is Baral really worth the payoff for building around him
A handful of the Amethyst cards still get played in the game's top decks, but there's not much else to work with once you're ready to build a custom deck of your own
Elvish Spirit Guide Elvish Spirit Guide is only as good as the cards surrounding it
This also has synergy with +1/+1 caring cards like Doubling Season or Tanazir Quandrix
For example, if an opponent loses 1 life and then gains 2 life in the same turn, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost that turn
[card]True-Name Nemesis[/card] [D+]/[A+] The card that has all the EDH players up in arms over making Mind Seize scarce and overpriced is ironically not very good in the format it was supposedly designed for