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Its almost strictly worse than Lich's Mastery, lacking hexproof

With 2 mana, we can protect our important creatures from removal while also enjoying that ever-so-advantageous line: Draw a card. An Actual Black Card

As such most control decks simply supplement their deck with the odd pure card draw spell to smooth curves or act as top quality filler and are able to function pretty well without any of the pure form at all

if your D/D/D monster attacks this turn, your opponent cannot activate cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step

You can think of cards like Thief of Blood and Mikaeus, the Lunarch as counter movers, but thats not actually what those cards are doing in the context of the rules