Lots of Brainstorm decks don't have 12 shuffle without counting Ponder or SFM; but your Ponders are often better used than a "shuffle, draw 1" and your SFMs may want to be played out earlier (unless...
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Lots of Brainstorm decks don't have 12 shuffle without counting Ponder or SFM; but your Ponders are often better used than a "shuffle, draw 1" and your SFMs may want to be played out earlier (unless...
To be fair, that still does something. You're correct that in most cases it's not the optimal choice; but it does prevent one version of the win condition (and I have on exceptionally rare occasions...
It's noteworthy that when you're fighting Lands/Gurmag/Delver/D&T; Bitterblossom can't be wastelanded (or ported.)
I don't mind Karakas/Maze as a way to fight off Lages but I definitely would...
Blossom is just generally good IMO; though I'm coming from a much more "fair" perspective; may be bad for the deck.
Blossom stops opposing Lages *really* well, keeps Lily/Edict off your back,...