As a ninja, he has access to the ninjitsu ability to sneak his way onto the battlefield, surprising your opponent if they're not expecting him, and costing you one mana less, too
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Even the deck's reprints are a bit lackluster, with Mother of Runes as the only stand-out candidate
If sweepers were cast, it could rebuild by putting Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis into play after a fetch land returned Bloodghasts to the battlefield, and if the opponent tried to respond from all angles, they wouldn't advance their own game plan and would end up losing to the small damage that any creature left in play could cause
Without many sources of card draw, this deck suffers and can make newer players wonder what theyre doing wrong
If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to connive but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still connives, although you can't put any +1/+1 counters on it