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Because Epochrasite is just a beater, but he's not really that great of one. Part of DnT's strength is in all the hate/tricks that it lets you do, but all that epochrasite really does is "trick"...

I don't really think a (black) splash is neccessary. Generally, if you have enough creatures, you're going to be putting enough pressure on them already. If they could deal with all those creatures...