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Kadena's value doubles if you get her out turn 3 since each turn she's on the battlefield means one free morph cast and one card drawn. 1-2cmc ramp allows you to cast a turn 3 Kadena instead of a turn 4. Again, I'm a strong advocate for faster ramp alternatives, and this is even more important in a ] deck. ] is a decent ramp option but I would definitely not call it a staple. I'd much rather run any 1-2cmc ramp like ] or ] over it unless I was looking to combo. Aether also doesn't help with any other casts, like flip cards or any other spells in your deck. ] really goes off when you can cast your morph creatures for free, but that requires more than just Aether to do so. Yes, you draw extra cards, but the value of your cards plummets if they're just vanilla 2/2s. I would much rather have 2 morph creatures on the battlefield and the mana to flip either of them / cast instants in hand than have 4 morph creatures on the battlefield and be tapped out. However, keep in mind that this deck is a Draw Go deck, as in, you want to regularly keep untapped mana up to cast instants and flip your cards. Yes, ] can potentially act as a ] if you use it to cast 2+ face-down creatures in a turn. I'm a big advocate for ramp at the 1-2cmc mark, and I generally stay away from 4+cmc unless the card has strong synergy in the deck, and Temple is just too slow and not worth the times it's a dead card in your hand. It could be turn 6 or 7 when they can even use it. And while it's true that 5 lands isn't unreasonable, for decks ramping primarily with mana rocks they're not rushing towards 5 lands either. You can play it earlier than the 5th land, but it won't do anything unless you have specific pairings like ]. The big problem with Temple of the False God is people wrongly count it as part of their lands. Hey thanks for the input! I'll try to respond as best I can: The biggest issue with ramp is that you often play it in place of more impactful cards, but you can drop this and then use it to drop a morph, which is amazing.ДЇeel free to tell me why I'm wrong, because if I'm missing something I definitely want to know. It's a well-known staple that most players would be happy to have in almost any 3 color or less deck, and it works even better with morphs. Now that I'm looking again another thing that baffles me is your removal of Thran Dynamo, and my argument is similar to Temple. I'm not sure if I'll run both, but Obscuring Aether in particular I think is worth it. Also for Obscuring Aether specifically it's a great turn one play which allows you to drop a turn two morph (turn two ramp is better, but you won't always have that option). So you could very easily chain into several creatures per turn and Kadena only helps you on the first one. You base this on the fact that Kadena gives you a free morph per turn, but you seem to be negating the fact that she also draws you a card every time you play one. However it does still tap for one in the meantime, and I think even out of the box the land base and ramp is good enough that it won't really matter that it's colorless mana.ДЄnother issue I have is your argument against Dream Chisel and Obscuring Aether.

Shrine of the Forsaken Gods is a bit more understandable because seven lands is significantly different from five.

Furthermore the guys from the Command Zone as well as several other prominent content creators use Temple in most of their decks, and consider it essentially a staple. I've almost never had problems with it, and the few times I have were when I was mana screwed anyway and I don't think one more usable land in its place would've saved me. Five lands (counting itself, notably) isn't a lot to ask, so if you're having trouble getting to five I think you have much bigger issues than Temple being a dead card. In my experience it's a great land, especially if you can ramp well. I don't get that because they both seem great here, especially TotFG. You called Temple of the False God a trap, and thus removed it along with Shrine of the Forsaken Gods. I'm by no means an expert, and I don't want to attack anybody, but I'm a bit confused by a few of your decisions.

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