While the Stromkirk vampires inspiration utilizes twisting heavy knots of nautical rope, the hooked shapes on his tabard akin to crashing waves, and strips of cloth that when whipping in the wind are akin to tentacles of great sea monsters
The extra life gain affect comes from Angel of Vitality, the creature buff comes from Righteous Valkyrie
Colourless removal spells are especially hard to find and tend to have high casting cost
Gale's Redirection Five mana instant, and then you can exile target spell, which is better than a normal counterspell like...Counterspell...that will let you answer things that aren't normally counterable like Urza's Rage
Thats going to make white the third-best color, or as some would call it, the worst. Even still, theres plenty of merit to a lot of what white is getting up to and Id be happy to first-pick any of the following: Ill mostly be interested in playing white in my controlling decks and keeping my ear to the ground for when the beatdown decks are open and advantageous to draft in my seat
Mnemonic Deluge 4