It features Mishra, the Grixis-aligned brother from the titular war, squaring off against his brother Urza (Esper-aligned at this time, and also just as much of a war criminal as Mishra)
Virtue of Knowledge Double your something Virtue of Knowledge is a five-mana enchantment that makes it so that if a permanent enters the battlefield and causes a triggered ability on one of your permanents, that trigger happens twice
By helping cast Dragons faster and bringing them back from the graveyard, Rivaz keeps pressure high even after removal or board wipes
Its flexible, but this red instant still hits your own board, so it rewards decks whose creatures naturally survive (big toughness), or decks that dont care about their creatures living
This way, you can create a well-tuned and optimized deck that can hold its own in any playgroup
As I've missed a few Mogg of the Month posts I have decided to combine all of the missing ones in to this one mega-post for January to June 2025