The standout advantage is a lord that repeatedly comes back without external recursion , ideal for grindy tables
The Full Upgrade The final list is much more focused, and the average mana cost is reduced to a much more manageable 3.81
While the deck doesn't have that much raw power, it does have a ton of card advantage thanks to Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
Youll be able to look at the top card of your library at the beginning of each of your upkeeps, but you can never put it into your hand this way, even if its a creature card with no creature type
For example, activating the ability on Startled Awake will cause Persistent Nightmare to enter on the back face, but you can't play Persistent Nightmare from your hand
Having a second enchant creature on the list is clearly a sign that these decks played things pretty safe as far as two-player games of Magic go, but Grim Reapers Sprint incentivizes you to cast it at a point in the turn where you would expect your opponent to have already fired off their removal spells