revised mtg card list Starter Deck Sol Ring Magic: The Gathering - 3rd

You now have seven Grapeshots to resolve, which means 7 damage to dole out Now imagine you have some mana and a simple Empty the Warrens

This somewhat bypasses the high cost, as it will always be available to summon to the field when theres enough mana to call it

10 Shanna, Purifying Blade Turn Your Life Gain Into Card Draw While lifegain is a strategy that may tend to write off as underpowered, Shanna, Purifying Blade is a great commander that is capable of converting your life gaining effects into card advantage

I dont think it necessarily falls behind the others too much

You can fairly well predict what the RDW and white weenie decks will be doing and as such their curves are much more predetermined