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And you could do worse than Maelstrom Colossus in your Averna, the Chaos Bloom or Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty decks

Method one is to use it as the kill in an engine or abuse it with cards that return to hand, which would occasionally happen, but it was rare as there were generally more efficient engines

But the fourth color was still a pain, literally

Dark Ritual is perhaps Magic's best black instant and the king of explosive starts

Check out Oscar Tan's conversation about it in Vintage, for a good example

Like the prior two, this is still good on a naked board since you'll draw one extra card each turn, whereas they will give you one or two cards on an empty board and then stop