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For a seven-mana investment, Mirrorshell Crab enters the battlefield as a 5/7 with Ward 3

Likewise, if youre bringing in Energy Flux out of the board this is a consideration for cutting, to make Flux even more one-sided

The ability just doesnt scale well with clunky expensive creatures like Sigiled Behemoth

It seems impossible to play the classic blue tempo deck in Modern these days, but a deck full of Hookblade Veteran and other cheap assassins in blue running Escape Detection, Flare of Denial and other cheap interaction cards seems tempting if probably futile

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Putting Etali in a deck featuring White or Blue also provides access to all of the flicker effects in those colors like Essence Flux and Ephemerate