Once your average nonland CMC hits 2.5, you need AT LEAST 25 lands
The Power Nine are still played today, despite many bans and their impressive price tags

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Black is good against control which is where Specter shone most and so hasn't seen play since Vampire Nighthawk was printed
:X I remember Scrye as one of the 2 pricing guides used back in the day hypernova November 18, 2017, 10:39pm 8 Scrye said:Note: The 1st Edition prices below are very preliminary
Your deck did exactly what it was supposed to do, and you came out on top