Meanwhile, casual players kept enjoying the fun of mixing characters from different series, especially at events like Anime Expo and Gen Con
Dark Ritual effects one-shot bursts like Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual, and Songs of the Damned for explosive early plays Swamp-scaling engines Cabal Coffers, Crypt Ghast, and Nirkana Revenant multiply mana based on your Swamp count Life-to-mana conversion K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth and Bolas's Citadel let you spend life instead of mana Sacrifice-based mana Phyrexian Altar and Ashnod's Altar convert creatures into mana for combo turns Treasure generation Revel in Riches, Black Market Connections, and Pitiless Plunderer produce Treasures tied to death triggers Building a Black Ramp Package Mono-black ramp packages should be built around the Coffers engine: Cabal Coffers, Urborg, and 2-3 Swamp-scaling payoffs like Crypt Ghast and Magus of the Coffers
The drawback is negligible if you arent running Connections, and a 3/3 flyer for three with a powerful and affordable bestow cost isnt a bad thing to have
Many fans remember this scene for how iconic and funny it is for Yugi to aim an attack at the Field Spell rather than a Monster, and it actually works
