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Supreme Verdict can replace either Farewell or Austere Command if you want a cheaper board sweeper while losing some flexibility.
The flashback is a self-replacement effect meaning that the card will be removed from the game before buyback would return it to your hand
There are plenty of other payoffs for Jorn, even if he ends up dying in combat, and Vivien, Monsters Advocate, is a great one
For example, if you control Tangle Wire and an opponent taps an untapped creature they control as part of the resolution of Tangle Wire's triggered ability, Icewrought Sentry's ability won't trigger
Even though the deck wasnt making too many strides in OP09, after all of the bans to other decks like OP01 Doflamingo and OP07 Lucci, Blackbeard is ready to strike