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We did not do well in this league and the games were challenging

Tellah, Great Sage Gathering heroes, knowledge, and then expending his knowledge in a great burst of overwhelming power that costs his life is a wonderful representation of Tellah from Final Fantasy 6 , and makes him fit for duty as a spellslinger deck leader

The deck starts by casting efficiently-costed creatures with strong secondary abilities that benefit from spells

Force of Negation, Force of Will, and Fierce Guardianship dont usually cost mana to play, and are a cut above the spells were discussing to replace the humble Counterspell

This way, you only have a regular creature to deal with