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But the steeper mana commitment, plus the fact Phenax technically does nothing on its own, locks it more into the role of build-around/win condition

Its not a big leap to play Arcane Adaptation and make all of our creatures into Tentacles (currently seen as the creature type on zero cards)

Who needs Gifts Ungiven to shuffle our Senseis Divining Tops when we have Time of Need

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