If we can build a board and get in a hit with Lightning, its first strike damage will happen first, which will then double the damage from all of our other creatures when they connect for normal damage
However, many choices can go toe-to-toe with Ruby Sapphire, proving to be a healthy meta
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Before I go into more detail about U/W Spirits and why Im a fan of the deck, heres my latest decklist, which Ill be referencing throughout the article: Creatures (31) 2 Phantasmal Image 2 Geist of Saint Traft 4 Drogskol Captain 4 Rattlechains 4 Spell Queller 4 Selfless Spirit 4 Mausoleum Wanderer 3 Remorseful Cleric 4 Supreme Phantom Lands (21) Spells (8) Also, heres a Bant Spirits decklist for reference, courtesy of Johnathon Schrader, who finished first at the StarCityGames.Com Invitational Qualifier in Roanoke, Virginia this past weekend: Creatures (30) 1 Birds of Paradise 4 Noble Hierarch 2 Phantasmal Image 4 Drogskol Captain 4 Rattlechains 4 Spell Queller 3 Selfless Spirit 4 Mausoleum Wanderer 4 Supreme Phantom Lands (22) Spells (8) As you can see, the reason to add green to the Spirits deck is to play Collected Company, an instant-speed threat that pairs nicely with the flash creatures from the Spirits deck

Darkness of Eternity (Dark Ritual) Rating: 0/10 As much as Id like to cast some big threat two turns early, throwing away a card to do so is rarely going to be worth it