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I'm also a big fan of Generous Patron which draws 2 on the first cast and 4 if you clone it, much better than waiting on something like Elemental Bond which won't immediately give you a card and relies on specific draws in a deck that has a bunch of different card types
9 Laboratory Maniac Or maybe science hasn't gone far enough
This makes it easier to build around Mais downside, and turn it into a one-sided damage engine for your black decks
Despite its clunky appearance, Nyxbloom Ancient actually sees serious cEDH play, primarily in Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy lists
That said, you can use its ability as an excuse to run cards that enable coin flips, which then serves as an excuse to play more coin flip cards