By draining life from my opponents more quickly, Im not just looking to win more quickly, but also deny them a valuable resource
Scions & Spellcraft Unfocused and unsatisfying Specifications Mana type: Esper (black-blue-white) Face Commanders: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed + G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn Reasons to buy + Could be good with some chopping & changing Reasons to avoid - Unfocused - Needs more cost-reduction to work well Scions & Spellcraft is an Esper (black-blue-white) deck centred around Final Fantasy XIV
Think about how much damage that'll prevent
8 Hex Parasite Easy Removal Playing a similar role to Power Conduit, Hex Parasite lets you pay mana to remove X counters from a single permanent
Giving all your Dinosaur spells an alternate casting cost of two generic and one red lets you sneak in some early damage with a small Dinosaur, only to turn around a drop a seven or eight mana one, possibly as early as turn three
On top of that, it makes spells cast from the graveyard cost 2 less, and it gives mayhem to every non-land card in the graveyard