Hitting the first four land drops is essential, but being stuck at four for a bit with a Tenured Inkcaster/Bookwurm/etc
It represents a static ability that functions while the spell with mutate is on the stack
Aleister boosting is also overshadowed by the use of Honest Neos in HEROs which means that you don't mind attempting to swing into your opponent's monsters
Doom Prevails is the villain deck of the set, a Grixis (blue, black, red) build that leans into scheming, conniving, and slowly bleeding the table dry, exactly the kind of patient, plot twisting gameplan a comic book mastermind would draw up
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But old-school fanboying aside, the spell is fairly versatile and can find a use in most decks of its color