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Their power varies wildly based on strategy and format, so lets get out the jewelers loupe and take a look at these crystals

Sure, it's 12 mana, but if you can somehow discard it you can instead cast it for just 6 thanks to madness

Silklash Spider , Sylvan Primordial , and Akroma's Memorial to deal with flying (careful using silklash's ability when having the memorial out - it'll damage your creatures too!) Boundless Realms is great for getting out a massive amount of mana, and make a great combo with Rampaging Baloths Garruk's Horde makes sure that the huge amounts of mana get don't wasted and allow you to play off the top of your library

If it does come together, Dromoka can beat players down fast

Making massive threats is also appealing