Blue-Red Blue-red is an archetype that wants to have lots of noncreature spells
Tarkir is a really bad format for filler-level creatures that cost three, four, and five mana
We look first at Commander (since it's the most played format on tabletop MTG) and Standard (given it's the most popular format in MTG Arena), although of course removal spells that are multi-format staples and show up in Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy will get a nudge
Ive always been a big fan of this one, and its nice to see it starting to see play as a one-of in Grixis Whir and Whir Prison
The duality of this means that you can go from having an empty hand and being at deaths door to having a full hand and enough life to set up a game-winning turn, all because of one spell
Even if the mythic itself was predetermined to be bulk, your brain still got to enjoy that half a second of "Oh boy, this just might be the Wan Shi Tong, Librarian I so desperately need," before finally peeling the Secret of Bloodbending