The ratios here is okay: we have lower than average mana sources but the deck has an aggressive curve, and there are 2 notable ramp bombs Manaweft Sliver and Gemhide Sliver
Shifting Ceratops You don't see this MTG dinosaur card making the rounds much anymore, but Shifting Ceratops is an excellent, efficiently-costed creature with an ability that acts like a utility belt and can handle any situation
Besides, being able to ensure we draw the Fleshbag Marauder or Diregraf Colossus or Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet we need is worth a fair bit more than a mana when it works
Not so much
Cascade doesnt look at any alternative casting costs, only the mana value printed on the card
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