With all that Greaves does, youd expect it to come with a whopping price tag, but no
It generates so much mana so quickly and can easily rack-up 30 damage just through lands
Winternight Stories It may not have the same naming scheme, but Winternight Stories is part of the Thirst for cycle
This makes it significantly easier to ditch excess Lands, dig for key combo pieces, or stock your graveyard with cards you can still use later, all for just one mana
But it is definitely playable within certain decks that like draining the opponents life
The cards are complex, but the gameplans simple: Get as many time counters as you can on your cards, keep your vanishing cards in play longer, and use the suspend effects to cast big spells for a small upfront mana investment