Despite lacking the Madam Mim bounce package that once made the archetype great, Amethyst/Steel just has so many handy tools available to it to make it strong, and the latest set gave the deck even more to work with
( can be paid with either or 2 life.) NM EX VG G
A cunning opponent might try and bait out your spell so that they can play a more threatening card later on
You can take extra upkeeps by enchanting yourself with Paradox Haze, or with Sphinx of the Second Sun, or proliferate your filibuster counters with spells like Experimental Augury and Inexorable Tide
For the record, Im not a fan of The Royal Scions in Modern, but it felt unreasonably powerful in this deck
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