Unlike many Equipment-focused MTG decks, Noctis, Heir Apparent provides access to blue
Haste enablers like Concordant Crossroads and Crashing Drawbridge are important to help get extra triggers without relying on your opponents not having interaction
New cards like The Animus and Sigurd improve gameplay with legendary creatures and Sagas
Because of this, my list has: No extra turn spells Minimal countermagic No high-salt cards (like Palinchron) Retirement of finishers Ive won with enough times Thrasios is here to give us the best possible colors to pair with Vial Smasher, provide consistency, and give us a mana dump for turns when we dont have a better play
Landfall, creaturefall, ETBs, or something else
Since it has haste, it can always attack the turn that it comes down but it can also be flashed in as a nasty surprise for your opponents