Making your opponent choose between paying an extra 2 mana or giving you copies of their instants and sorceries is far more effective than I gave it credit for
As special thanks for sticking around to the end, here are my top-rated commons to look for in each color for those early-pack-one picks when youre trying to figure out direction: WHITE: Fate of the Sun-Cryst, Gaelicat, White Auracite, Aerith Rescue Mission, Weapons Vendor BLUE: Stuck in Summoners Sanctum, Retrieve the Esper, Ice Flan, Combat Tutorial, Sahagin BLACK: Vaynes Treachery, Black Mages Rod , Sephiroths Intervention, Fight On!, Ahriman RED: Red Mages Rapier, Thunder Magic, Hill Gigas, Suplex, Summon: G.F
Summary: I really tried not to include Syr Konrad the Grim in the chosen cards, but here is a mention of him
When the mana is available Deed also finds its way into control decks, giving Oath of Druids players a way out of almost any jam while often leaving their chosen creature intact, and in the old days serving as an unexpected Tutor target that could turn the game around out of nowhere