But as big threats get cheaper and the game speeds up, efficiently using mana every turn is vital to presenting a viable early clock
Ancestral Recall Depending on the day, this card fluctuates between the #3 and #2 spot as its value is a bit less volatile
My gut tells me yes
If an infect creature would deal damage to a creature, they instead place -1/-1 counters on that creature equal to their power
Raffine, Scheming Seer Raffine, Scheming Seer is cheap and a 1/4 flier with ward 1 defends itself well
As evidence, in Standard, white-and-red aggro decks are always at the forefront of the meta, and black and green also appear frequently in the meta depending on the situation, while mono-blue aggro decks are not even mentioned in most situations, and it's been 30 years