It can protect you when it has to, and then turn into a turtle Ancestral Recall once you feel like you can attack
No card in Magic is as quick or long-lasting as Sol Ring for mana acceleration
This deck may not have the best reprint value overall, but it does feature the most expensive individual card
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You end up only marginally behind if Dragons Rage Channeler lives to Turn 2, but on Turn 6 Channeler is just as scary as it was Turn 1
Likewise, Floodgate can be flickered, too, and it might actually kill some things
