Group hug decks can help a mana screwed opponent find lands, or give a hellbent player cards, and the strategys at its absolute best when it helps the underdog, not the frontrunners
You get the upside of Mana Confluence, except you have the luxury of tapping Starting Town for colorless to avoid losing life
Its worth noting that most discard payoffs dont care about the type of card discarded, so you can build a very synergistic shell
Flow State is worse but very similar in nature, and you can get two cards from your top three with a certain consistency in a format that allows you to play spell-based cantrips like Brainstorm and Preordain
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