Deathrite Shaman goes well beyond the expected duties of a mana dork to stabilize your life total and drain your opponents
Soulherder Iconic almost immediately for its wicked art and its reliable enabling of blink, Soulherder is a Cube staple for a reason
To get a mana advantage out of the card you have to pay two life however the strength of the card is not so much that you can be one mana better off than your opponent over an exchange but that you can make the exchange when you have no spare mana
Arceus VSTAR is a powerhouse in its own right, allowing Schemanske to deal a whopping 200 damage every turn and accelerate three basic energy cards from deck - not to mention its added consistency engine of being able to search out any two cards whenever Schemanske felt like it with its Starbirth ability
What if we just run it, and sometimes it hits something lame, and sometimes it hits a bomb, but either way, we dont take that much damage
In: Amulet of Vigor The first artifact addition was one that I forgot was even a Lair