Otherwise, be prepared to face Thoughtseize every time you play against a black deck, be it against midrange decks like Jund, Deaths Shadow, Rakdos, Dredge, or combo decks like Yawgmoth or Esper Reanimate
The first edition and the second edition there is no shadow 'in a frame that has been drawn illustrations shadow-less in what is referred to as a' (left), the third edition and later is printing with a shadow on the right end of the frame (right)
Nice mana making here
Blue also has access to reactive removal in the form of counterspells, though Ill be covering those in a later article
Draw Phase: Draw one card (the very first player skips this on the opening turn)
Between current powerful decks losing some of their pieces (Monastery Swiftspear, for example, should be gone) there may be more room for a solid 2-drop like Sabotender