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Lets look at a decision thats regularly taken over by the autopilot and try to analyze it consciously

At the beginning of each players draw step, that player draws an additional card, then discards a card

It might not lead to immediate Mox Opal/Grinding Station wins like it did in Modern, but a Clue a turn for almost no investment can lead to so much, whether thats raw card draw or fueling an artifact payoff like Radiant Lotus

The deck has multiple permanents that put +1/+1 counters on your permanents, so cards such as Ozolith, the Shattered Spire, Branching Evolution, and Hardened Scales are very helpful in making your creatures even more threatening faster

Simic Ascendancy Unlike Helix Pinnacle, Simic Ascendancy doesnt need an insane amount of mana to pull off and you can even build a solid EDH deck around it