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The flexibility of exiling key permanents such as Amulet of Vigor or Aether Vial is extremely relevant in a format as diverse as Modern, and many decks are even opting to splash an additional color by adding off-color Shocklands or Tri-color (Triomes) lands to their mana base, so they pay an additional color for the converge mechanic on Prismatic Ending
By pairing Hidden Strings with Lotus Field and Vizier of Tumbling Sands, players can generate a ton of mana with which to dig for combo pieces
As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.) If multiple effects modify your hand size, apply them in timestamp order
This basically allows you to turn everything on your board into mana, and Ashnods Altar is a key part of any kind of deck that likes killing off its own Creature for profit
For sacrifice payoffs we've got drain with Blood Artist, make ramping sac fodder with Pawn of Ulamog, draw even more cards with Smothering Abomination, and exile the sacrificed creatures to return them later with Prowling Geistcatcher
