The point is to reduce friction, not create a side quest where everyone squints at your battlefield
For four mana, Restoration Angel can come into play and flicker (or exile then return to play instantaneously)
That does some wild stufffor example, it gets Marsh Flats back twice for actual land ramp in Orzhov, it lets you feed cards like Dusk Legion Zealot into a Warren Soultrader multiple times, or it wrings the most value possible from cards like Boromir, Warden of the Tower and Dauthi Voidwalker
Commanding Conclusion Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood | Illustration by Campbell White These upgrades remove the under-developed desert subtheme and the weakest cards to strengthen the decks central idea: A lands-based strategy that uses Omo, Queen of Vesuva to extract the most value possible
However, black mana received new importance in Magic's Vintage format with the release of Tales of Middle-earth and perhaps the most disruptive card Vintage has seen in years: Orcish Bowmasters
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