Ask it why your ramp package feels slow and it will give you a generic answer about average mana values, not anything grounded in the specific 12 ramp cards you actually run
Really, you should be playing at least Reality Shift, Rapid Hybridization and Pongify in any mono blue deck
Decks like Minthara, Merciless Soul, which scale over time, are a perfect fit for this type of strategy
Do note that as an endgame piece, Craterhoof Behemoth comes with a very steep cost (5GGG), so you may want mana generation cards to catch your opponent off-guard before the 8 th turn
This is a deck that can sneak in some lore here and there with characters like Banzai, Gluttonous Predator and Shenzi, Head Hyena, then closes out games quickly with Ed, Hysterical Partygoer
Some instants can be used to counter another spells, to destroy a creature, give the power and toughness of a creature a boost, ect