Its also about the community
Where Ponder excels is in seeing a lot of cards for not a lot of mana, it has better specific card quality than your Preordains and Serum Visions, even your Brainstorms
When you cast a TDFC, you cast it as the front face, and it enters the battlefield with its front face up
However, if they manage to do this you have comeback options
U/W/R Control by Gerry Thompson 4 Boros Reckoner 2 Elspeth, Suns Champion 3 Chained to the Rocks 3 Steam Augury 2 Sphinxs Revelation 2 Detention Sphere 1 Lightning Strike 1 Mizzium Mortars 1 Essence Scatter 2 Syncopate 1 Warleaders Helix 2 Jace, Architect Of Thought 4 Supreme Verdict 2 Dissolve 4 Azorius Charm 4 Steam Vents 4 Sacred Foundry 4 Hallowed Fountain 4 Azorius Guildgate 2 Izzet Guildgate 2 Island 3 Mountain 3 Plains Sideboard: 3 Glare of Heresy 2 Domestication 3 Izzet Staticaster 3 Negate 1 Assemble the Legion 1 Warleaders Helix 1 Wear // Tear 1 Detention Sphere As always, its difficult to build a control deck in the beginning of a format
Im including it here simply to illustrate the point where you should look towards effort over payoff when it comes to evaluating how good a build-around card is
