Judging by his strong finish, we can at least raise our eyebrow at his being the better version, but I trust Shaun McLaren and for the purposes of this article I'm interested in seeing a heavy red take on the archetype
To help close out games, you can give cards with powerful effects storm to close out the game such as Lightning Bolt to deal a ton of burn damage or Ice Storm to destroy your opponents' lands
This card prevents your opponents from swinging out at you with a board full of creatures, and forces combat to be one-on-one, both of which favor you
In magic card advantage comes in many forms
Likely, this will be Player Y's or Player Z's
Sometimes it is the one doing exactly what Simic already loves to do, only with free spells attached