Cheap plays help maximize card draw, so Ill be making a few cuts for curve considerations
Spells like Transcendent Message, Meeting of Minds, and Stoke the Flames all have convoke, allowing your creatures to help with the casting costs
11 Thirst for Identity At a cost of three mana (two colorless and one blue), Thirst for Identity is a rather cheap instant that lets you draw three cards, but you have to discard two cards or a single creature card
Most often, this just means youll get two of whatever monstrous atrocity of a creature youre casting, but with some setup you can get some truly epic stack shenanigans going
This makes for a frighteningly consistent ritual that can equal or even outperform Seething Song
Cruel Ultimatum Cruel Ultimatum isnt the powerhouse it once was, especially in a Commander world where you have to deal with multiple opponents, since this card targets