Why are sacrifice outlets necessary? It feels like a) creatures are blocked in combat, killing them or b) boardwiped, in which they'll come back anyways. If I don't have time for mana rocks, resetting counters on creatures seems like setting myself back damage (and looping creatures for damage seems...

Hey Tev, First time on Nexus, so apologize for formatting errors, etc. I was not very impressed with my midrange/aristocrat/theft Marchesa decks; they always felt like bastardized, more fragile versions of commanders that did nearly the same thing. Marchesa's weaknesses of managing dethrone creates ...