Thats not to say you cant play any way to counter your opponents spells, but you need to run modal spells like Cryptic Command that can still be useful when cast during your upkeep a few turns later
Theres some exciting combo potential there with Blood Artist and Cordial Vampire, especially since the Eldrazi Spawns can pay for Agadeems Awakening, but I felt like I should stick with cards that have at least proven themselves in Standard, though that could easily be a big mistake
These vary in strength in each set, but most decks need some removal spells to function well, and its rare that you will end up with a deck that has too much removal
Crew 2 , Discard a card: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it
Making a player lose three life for every land played adds up quickly, and the counters let Ob Nixilis deal the last points of damage itself
Many of the cards in Arabian Nights are a part of the Reserved List, a select handful of cards that are never going to be reprinted