I'm very excited about these cards, and I think they will slowly increase in popularity over the next year
The former could hit cards like Birthing Pod, Cryptic Command and Splinter Twin all of which were important, but the latter was better versus Burn and Zoo, and also back then manabases were a lot more painful as decks were more reliant on Shocklands, which meant a turn one Thoughtseize commonly saw you at 15 life from the get-go
The idea of Circu being a commander with minimal possibilities to do well in the format is softened by the Dimir shell in which he finds himself, which arguably is the best color combination in the format today
And even more so, these spells are often best early, not late
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