It's second ability can be viewed as both a way to give our goblins a bit of reach and evasion but also a construed sacrifice outlet
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In addition, sometimes you need to swing to gain the life rather than hold up a blocker (which is less reliable, cos you might have it removed or they may not attack into you)
Some deep cut characters are in here too
If you crack one open in a pack this spring, I would recommend building something like this: Creatures (17) 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman 1 Solemn Simulacrum 1 Voidmage Husher 1 Scuttlemutt 1 Steel Hellkite 1 Charmbreaker Devils 1 Dragon Hatchling 1 Hypersonic Dragon 1 Izzet Staticaster 1 Utvara Hellkite 1 Scourge of Valkas 1 Thassa, God of the Sea 1 Stormbreath Dragon 1 Dragonlord's Servant 1 Thunderbreak Regent 1 Jori En, Ruin Diver 1 Mirrorwing Dragon Lands (38) Spells (44) 1 Counterspell 1 Sol Ring 1 Journeyer's Kite 1 Time Stop 1 Red Elemental Blast 1 Whispers of the Muse 1 Darksteel Ingot 1 Desertion 1 Skullclamp 1 Arcane Denial 1 Dragon Breath 1 Pyroblast 1 Muddle the Mixture 1 Remand 1 Izzet Signet 1 Pongify 1 Cryptic Command 1 Wild Ricochet 1 Negate 1 Dream Fracture 1 Crucible of Fire 1 Rite of Replication 1 Basilisk Collar 1 Chain Reaction 1 Swiftfoot Boots 1 Warstorm Surge 1 Blasphemous Act 1 Chromatic Lantern 1 Cyclonic Rift 1 Counterflux 1 Vandalblast 1 Izzet Keyrune 1 Rapid Hybridization 1 Aetherize 1 Turn 1 Swan Song 1 Polymorphist's Jest 1 Disdainful Stroke 1 Commander's Sphere 1 Dragon Tempest 1 Hedron Archive 1 Mystic Confluence 1 Thought Vessel 1 Confirm Suspicions With the deck half blue, it makes sense that you want a fair number of controlling counterspells
Disruption Protocol also lets you play to the board in the midgame while preventing big cards like Goldspan Dragon from coming down
