The downtick allows you to create creatures, but in a way thats better when youre behind as opposed to Basris being less useful if you cant attack profitably or youre trying to rebuild
Its the reason that cards like Smothering Tithe and Rhystic Study arent played around
If you want to pull the deck down for your playgroup, though, you could remove Pemmin's Aura and Freed From the Real to limit Lucas to goading only one creature per turn
On paper, that is a good strategy because his field spell, Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins, gains increasingly powerful effects for each one, and if the backrow is full can summon a monster from there each turn, and if it happens to be Ruby Carbuncle it will result in a massive advantage
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