Quantum Riddler sees play in a range of formats, normally by riffing on the scam pattern established by evoke creatures: You can warp it then flicker it to draw two cards and keep the large body
Balance First Printed: 1993-AUG Banned: On its face, Balance looks like a very effective catch-up strategy thats mechanically very white, but in practice it leads to slow, long games with a low density of meaningful decisions or memorable events
You can generate a ton of mana if you're untapping something like Circle of Dreams Druid and if you cast it on something like Experiment Kraj, you can save it from removal, tap it again, and deal some damage
(For some reason, I can't convince anyone else that they should be whitecome on someone, read about bees.) This newest approach is to make bees 1/1 flying creatures with deathtouch
The other popular Alpha card to use this shut-off technology on was the card Winter Orb
Brass Infiniscope