Black is interesting because instead of denying our opponents mana or preventing them from casting certain spells, we can just strip them of their hand with cards like Arterial Flow and Painful Quandary
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With a focus on equipment and raising your stats to a seven, Naya is the chosen color combo here
You get incredible board control, a card that works both as a unique combo piece and a payoff for anything generating infinite mana, plus a fantastic mana sink in the hand or on the board
Just by clamping down my fingers on each version of this Flooded Strand, I could quickly determine the thicker card was the fake one
Granted you can attempt to play around the card freezing you out of your lands for a turn after you use them but it's easier said than done and most of the time your ability to play the game is extremely diminished
