While this cards abilities would be outclassed with far superior Zombie lords down the line (Lord of the Undead from Planeshift, Undead Warchief from Scourge , Death Baron from Shards of Alara , among many others)
Indeed, if we feed it a deck consisting of just untapped lands and filler cards (unplayable cards with no effects), using a see-land-play-land AI, we get results that are hypergeometrically distributed as expected
They get the same board, properties, Chance and Community Chest cards, plastic houses and hotels, and player pieces
Older Delve spells, like Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time, were wildly overcosted by normal standards to compensate for the tempo advantage Delve offers
The deck additionally features a number of acceleration spells including mana rocks (Chromatic Lantern, Gilded Lotus, Arcane Signet, Blitzball, Commander's Sphere, Sol Ring) to help accelerate out your spells and allow you to cast them ahead of curve, as well as removal spells and counter effects (many of which are costed to trigger Y'shtola) to deal with your opponent's largest threats
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