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Part of the point of making this deck however is to find ways in which I can move away from these blue tools and not have to rely on having them

You can usually avoid this by looking at their feedback for a history of problems or a lack of overall account history (0-5 feedback and/or a newly created account)

While Sephiroth is super popular, the fact Nether Traitor is easily replaced in the deck by other cards that do a similar thing may limit the potential of this spike

Both halves can cohesively contribute to a Sacrifice theme deck (although Treasures only happen if your opponents' things die), with the legendary creature on the back half giving you a sacrifice outlet and a beefy body