Taking only an investment of a single Black mana to return three more, Dark Ritual is instrumental in powering out fast engines, wincons, or payoffs
[Deck Title= Simic Henge Baker Neenan] [Creatures] 4 Emry, Lurker of the Loch 4 Ornithopter 4 Gilded Goose 2 Vantress Gargoyle 2 Rhonas the Indomitable [/Creatures] [Spells] 4 The Great Henge 4 Springleaf Drum 2 Once Upon a Time 4 Ensoul Artifact 4 Oko, Thief of Crowns 3 Heart of Kiran [/Spells] [Lands] 6 Island 6 Forest 4 Breeding Pool 4 Botanical Sanctum 3 Darksteel Citadel [/Lands] [Sideboard] 2 Veil of Summer 2 Metallic Rebuke 1 Emrakul, the Promised End 3 Phyrexian Revoker 4 Tireless Tracker 3 Stubborn Denial [/Sideboard] [/Deck] Look, were probably not going to get Emry banned by slotting it into independently broken decks, so lets just try to cast it on turn one and go from there
That includes any of the four noncreature Kithkin cards - Brigid's Command, Clachan Festival, Surge of Thoughtweft, and Militia's Pride
Two main factors drive the cost of cards: collector appeal, and demand from competitive players
This deck embraces variance, playing cards sight-unseen from the top of the deck, flipping coins, and otherwise injecting additional randomness into the game