Barrin, Tolarian Archmage While Mangara was looking to shake off the pillow fort descriptor, Barrin has built himself a bouncy castle. While Barrin and friends are certainly equipped to deal with opposing threats, the Archmage incentivizes us to prioritize bouncing our own threats instead
While the stock, budget, and mid-cost version of this deck all relied on King of Hearts to lock down exerted characters, the sad truth is that King of Hearts is a weak, over-priced, and under-statted character
Its a really fun way to build a deck, and theres nothing better than beating someone up with their own permanents
Giving them two cards might not even matter
For example, if you built an entire deck around specific cards, then it can be worthwhile to mulligan aggressively towards them
Whenever Edgar Markov attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control