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That being said, theyre still pretty good, and we cant ignore that

Their Name Is Death is an absurd board wipe for a deck is almost entirely made up of artifact creatures

There are other situations where Mana Crypts downside can become worse

Second, one option on all the tribute cards is the choice of putting some number of +1/+1 counters on the creature, dictated by the number that appears in the keyword

[card]Well of Lost Dreams[/card][F]/ [C+] Though unplayable in Cubeexcept in a life gain decks where it would still be unplayable because no one would want to play itthis card is significant because many players with multiple EDH decks have one with either a life gain or life drain theme

It is easy to remember and builds a good foundation