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Then the White three-cost sorcery can return up three-dorks but just a total cost of three total, so if you wanna bring that back you'll need just three one-drops like Mother of Runes or Llanowar Elves - possible
These decks work really well with Black Mage's Rod because there are so many noncreature spells you can cast in these decks
Bolt-Snap-Bolt is a classic play pattern thats desecrated many a board state and left players at -2 life, but Snapcaster Mage flashing back a Swords to Plowshares, Counterspell, or Cryptic Command are all powerful options as well
For example, they have a variety of powerful one-drops but none that fit into the same strategy: Cryptbreaker is an incredible payoff for a tribal strategy, but it also feels really out of place in a pure aggro deck since it holds your zombies back from attacking