Dear Etched Oracle, 

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I sometimes have these dreams about Magic cards. I have dreams about you. I always dream of activating you twice. 

You are in both my Peasant Cube and in my Hanjo Masters #1. In both Cubes I absolutely love playing you. In my Peasant Cube the 4/5 colour control decks are my favourite to play, and you are quite good in those. You are like the Omnath, Locus of Creation of my Peasant Cube. A strong card to slide in 4/5 color control that you always get to pick up late because nobody else is interested. 

But the dreams I have about you are most prevalent in my Hanjo Masters #1 Cube. In that Cube I try to offer my drafters the same experience as the Modern Masters sets: higher power level than retail limited, but lower power level than your average Cube. There are also 2 copies of each uncommon and 3 copies of each common in that Cube, so the 4 colour drafter could pick up 2 copies of you. I try to combine synergy heavy strategies in that cube with the option for players to draft generic strategies. It is by combining synergy cards in a generic strategy where my dream of you comes alive. There is a strong Proliferate synergy in that Cube, focussed on Blue and Red. Either going more the control route with cards like Contagion Engine, or being very aggressive with Cloudfin Raptor, Gore House Chainwalker and Splatter Thug. But sliding in a Contagion Clasp into the generic 4/5 colour ramp control strategy has made me live my dream. 

There has been a draft where I got to activate you twice. Where I had enough time to proliferate 4 extra counters on you. But usually I don’t get enough time. Because just activating you once is usually enough to win me the game. 

With love, 

Hanjo