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Now that's a pretty solid plan, but it does rely on our opponents doing what we want them to do

After sideboarding, Duress and Arguels Blood Fast come into make things a lot harder for control, and you have some options on removal

Players are wising up to the fact that some cards are expensive simply because there are so few of them in circulation, and with Masters sets being printed in such high supply, these types of "chase" cards lose a lot of their luster because the massive influx of supply means they lose much of their value

Abdel goes infinite with Animate Dead or Necromancy to create infinite 1/1s and infinite death triggers to go with this background

Legendary Commanders When green and white mana come together, they can build a powerful midrange deck that can do a bit of everything, and there was a Zendikar Rising archetype like this too