7 Death's Shadow Death's Shadow is an iconic mono-black creature that has a powerful namesake deck within the Modern format
I was able to clean up the table after a few rounds with this final board state: Angel of Jubilation - just an anthem and would've shut down my fetches but I played it late game Linvala, Keeper of Silence - didn't stop anything on my opponent's board because they were all triggered abilities Starting hand was top heavy but decided to keep: Plains, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, Pearl Medallion, Sword of Hearth and Home, Well of Lost Dreams, Sword of the Animist, Archangel of Thune I figured with 2 ramp equipments and lifegain comboed with the well I'd be setup for mid-game pretty nicely
Thats the kind of thing thats hard to beat
Mega-Mega Cycles, on the other hand, have cycles that are completed in a completely different block to the one they started in, which means they can still happen (and do more often now that every set is considered its own block)
"Kicker [cost]" means "You may pay an additional [cost] as you cast this spell." If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked." The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once
