Beyond card advantage and mana advantage, I think most of the other staples are concentrated most in Black with stuff like Demonic Tutor and Reanimate, and Blue has countermagic like Mana Drain and also a bunch of great theft cards like Bribery
Theres a lot of interplay, there are a lot of card connections, Rosewater said
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But this equipment is super useful in fairer decks that use the Bracers to double up good effects like those on Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink, Feldon of the Third Path, Alaundo the Seer, Dynaheir, Invoker Adept, etc
