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Being on the draw against a turn one Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer is one of the worst feelings in the current Metagame and you really need your deck to be able to respond to him early

The Ice half can tap anything (even a land) at instant speed and then draws you a card, so it basically cycles if you don't have the need for removal

This is because fear was effectively replaced by intimidate, which itself was replaced later on by menace

Copying a token doesn't make Cursed Mirror a token

How many sorceries do most decks run in EDH these days

This may be intentional from a game design perspective (or perhaps its partly down to my build style), but I appreciate how it helps to define a specific strategy while providing a secondary role