Curve-outs and proactive plays are the name of the game
This Shards of Alara common is built for the Grixis strategy: put creatures in the graveyard, and watch them rise as the undead
At the beginning of your end step, remove a time counter from it.) Whenever this permanent enters or attacks, mill four cards, then you may return a non-Avatar creature card or a planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand
7: Create three 1/1 black Assassin creature tokens with "Whenever this token deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game." Legendary Planeswalker - Vraska Color tag templates(None) Vraska, Golgari Queen +2: You may sacrifice another permanent
Best Top-Tier Emerald/Sapphire Deck The best version of this deck includes significantly more item synergy
Also, I can just give cards like Deafening Silence around the table to opponents who dont have a sacrifice package to draw cards later