Its also the largest number of cards milled by any one mana spell in the format, which increases chances of getting one of the payoff duo we want to collect: Narcomoeba + Prized Amalgam or Silversmote Ghoul + Creeping Chill
Youll generally want your mana curve to be a bell curve of sorts, with a few one- and two-mana spells, a higher concentration of three- to four-drops, and then a few cards that cost five or more
This is a low tempo card that can help pull you from behind in value or gas but cannot pull you further ahead
Other than the ink which is visible on the picture, it doesnt have any more alterations
The Hoof-Daddy is big and scary, and lets be honest, this is really the card designers' mistake, isnt it
Discarding an island is just much more difficult than discarding a blue card, especially with greedy mana bases, but its still doable