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To use Radiant Lotus properly, you need to set up your board in a way that will allow you to generate an absurd amount of mana

Ugin's Labyrinth helps smooth out early draws by providing a quick mana boost for powerful early game interaction like Chalice of the Void, which can shut out some strategies altogether

Sometimes you can keep one of those cards but must discard another

Orochi Hatchery Orochi Hatchery is a token factory that scales with how much mana you spend up front

If I had to guess I would say it wasnt released in the packs as intended so they didnt want to admit to that

If that happens you get the mana right away, but you dont get to look at the drawn card until you have finished casting that spell or activating that ability