wintry quarry
I'm having a blast playing the Magus Lucea Kane list, but the deck doesn't feel super streamlined. I'm looking for suggestions for win cons, speed-ups, and generally stuff that's is going to make the deck smoother. Thanks for your thoughts! https://www.moxfield.com/decks/xL7tlkZXQEeQxWNFUyP8lQ
turbid heart
I think your list may feel more streamlined if you swap out some of the cards that rely too heavily on your commander to be good. It can often feel like the deck is "clunky" when you feel obligated to play cards in a specific order to be any good; and when you're running a removal magnet like Lucea Kane, this can be a vulnerability. Things like Goblin Offensive and Multiple Choice just don't do enough on their own to be impactful. Instead, I think you could prioritize some one mana elves to ramp quickly and a few more draw payoffs like [[garruk's uprising]]. You could also get cute with untapping effects in the likes of [[patriar's seal]] to get additional copies of things
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Artifact
: Add one mana of any color.
, : Untap target legendary creature you control.
Only a fool ignores a letter bearing the official mark of a patriar family.
turbid heart
I also might suggest cutting one or two of your haste enablers because the effect doesn't stack so drawing multiples are effectively dead draws (Fervor and Fires aren't as good as the other two in this style of deck)
wintry quarry
I also might suggest cutting one or two of your haste enablers because the effec...
Thank you for your thoughts! You make some really good points and I’ll definitely be following your advice regarding some of the more copy-dependent spells. I had some untap stuff in there initially but it seemed like it would make more sense to tap out on the big spells that are copied instead of trying to split focus on two spells/turn. I didn’t really consider that you could double tap Lucea to put an additional copy of her ability in play for the SAME spell, it make stuff like [[kiora’s follower]] much more interesting…
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Creature — Merfolk
: Untap another target permanent.
"She may call herself Kiora but I believe she is Thassa, the embodiment of the sea and empress of the depths."
2/2
turbid heart
oooh hell yeah! great idea!
wintry quarry
[[Magewright’s Stone]]
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Artifact
, : Untap target creature that has an activated ability with in its cost.
The stones hark back to an age before civilization, when the living earth blessed all who trod its untamed wilds.
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[[Minamo, School at Waters Edge]]
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Legendary Land
: Add 
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, : Untap target legendary permanent.
Its students graduate the school and enter history.
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[[Puppet Strings]]
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Artifact
, : You may tap or untap target creature.
"Have no illusions," Volrath warned Greven, "about free will."
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[[Thousand Year Elixir]]
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Artifact
You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste.
, : Untap target creature.
Paradoxically, to tilt the massive jug for a sip, you'd need the energy of the giant's tonic.
turbid heart
Out of those ones, I think the elixir is the only one I personally would run as it serves multiple purposes. Miami is also definitely really good, but also a lot $$$