Blue Furtive Analyst is a passable blocker/looter, but it cant flip your battles and is mercilessly outclassed by Preening Champion in every deck.) Not a terrible rate in theory, but getting Oculus Whelp to be active has been annoying in practice
No matter how you draw your cards, you should have a formidable deck against any opponent
Tord was one of few players who finished at the top of the season rankings and was rewarded with the privilege of skipping the entire first day of the Worlds tournament, whereas Kelley had to play through every round from the start
Since most blue decks want to run some number of counterspells, this would usually prove tricky
although final judgement should be more colorless energy
The traditional Blue/Black version is built around [casthaven]Entomb[/casthaven], [casthaven]Reanimate[/casthaven], and [casthaven]Exhume[/casthaven]