Related By coming back again and again through its revival counters, Nine-Lives Familiar serves as an excellent target for sacrifice cards like Skullclamp and Ashnods Altar, as well as helping to chip away at opponents life totals with Blood Artist effects
What the shit, Magic." There are a lot of 'counter' spells for Blue, huh
You need a lot of self-mill to fuel this, and want to make sure you have a bunch of fetch lands and other ways to fuel the pseudo-escape cost, but this amount of power is worth building around
Lord of the Unreal and Timber Protector are excellent inclusions to protect the queen while cards like Hakbal of the Surging Soul and Azami, Lady of Scrolls provide unexpected avenues of card advantage to go with your locus mana
At events like prereleases, where newer players face experienced ones, I see new players get surprised by all the different opportunities to interact during combat
Their perfect fits are some of the best, and they dont damage your cards like some of the cheaper ones