The reason being with your higher number of threats, ramp and permanents than your average control deck you neither have the space in your deck nor the desire to hold back mana for counter magic when you could be furthering your position
It's a 3-drop 2/1 and it taps for mana equal to your creature count, including itself, so it always taps for at least one even if it's on a naked board
Final Thoughts I really like the concept of Foundations
I have no idea whether or not this will happen in practice, but Glorious End is an interesting effect that didn't exist in Modern before, so it's likely worth considering, at the very least
A Storyborn hero card, Oswald appears to have an ability called " Favorable Chance ." This allows the player to reveal the top card of their deck whenever they put a card into their inkwell - if that top card is an item card, they can play it for free, although it enters the game already exerted
Virtue of Knowledge Virtue of Knowledge is also on the dumpy side of this cycle, though there are decks that are interested
