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Basim Ibn Ishaq
Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
Whenever you cast a historic spell, draw a card. Basim Ibn Ishaq can't be blocked this turn. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Artifacts, legendaries and Sagas are historic.)
Whenever Basim Ibn Ishaq deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
capwner on
Opals are the new diamonds!
8 months ago
This mono blue build is interesting. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on the advantages of this build over an Azorius version that can support Portable Hole, Dimir with Basim Ibn Ishaq, or izzet for Galvanic Blast? Metallic Rebuke seems like another very popular choice which you have omitted and I'm curious about this decision as well.
In my opinion, the biggest advantage of Mox Opal is its ability to colorfix in an archetype that uses several colorless lands, and of course the fast mana aspect. To get maximum payoff from these characteristics, you'd either want more interaction b/c you'll have that extra mana up more often. Or fatter, more resilient bombs you can cast 1-2 turns faster than normal. Kappa is great, but aside from this I think the top-end card options are rather limited in blue. I have been working on a hybrid affinity/ponza build that really pushes these ideas, if you'd like to check it out!
