If you do have to use the planeswalker kill mode you are basically getting a 1 for 1 at very even mana
Patrick's brilliant deck, Next Level Blue, not only catapulted the phrase "next level" into the Title: Tom LaPille's Next Level Blue Format: Extended 4 Counterspell 1 Academy Ruins 1 Breeding Pool 4 Flooded Strand 1 Hallowed Fountain 8 Island 4 Polluted Delta 1 Steam Vents 1 Tree of Tales 4 Tarmogoyf 3 Trinket Mage 3 Spell Snare 4 Thirst for Knowledge 4 Chrome Mox 4 Counterbalance 1 Engineered Explosives 1 Pithing Needle 4 Sensei's Divining Top 3 Threads of Disloyalty 1 Tormod's Crypt 3 Vedalken Shackles *3 Ancient Grudge *1 Engineered Explosives *2 Global Ruin *2 Krosan Grip *3 Sower of Temptation *1 Threads of Disloyalty *3 Tormod's Crypt This is a blue control deck through and through, playing Counterspell and Spell Snare for early countermagic, the eternally potent Counterbalance and Sensei's Divining Top to lock your opponent out of the game, and Vedalken Shackles
Its "Vanish" ability lets you banish an opponent if Giant Cobra is chosen for an action, and its "Mysterious Advantage" lets you choose and discard a card for 2 lore when you first play this card
Sorry, I couldnt resist flashing that one in
It is functionally a Mind Twist with X=2 costed at BB instead of 2B
This treatment is featured on 4 commons, 2 uncommons, 16 rares, and 3 mythic rares in the set
