Speaking of activated abilities, Cranial Plating has one besides 1: Equip, and its incredibly useful
Two mana means you can get them out really early, and that ability is going to keep your hand filled to the brim with excellent cards to cast
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In the end, these issues will probably stay relatively minor, even if a little bit of Magics identity is eroded along the way.
The deck also uses the equipment card Skullclamp to sacrifice Illusions for more cards cheaply, though it's not so great with "lord" cards like Lord of the Unreal