Lethrai Lobotomy
x3
1
Pitfall Trap
x4
1
Rat Cage
x4
1
Secret Passage
x1
1
Suffocate
x2
2
Curator's Spear
x3
2
Equivocate
x4
2
Lethrai Courtier
x4
2
Lethrai Hideaway
x4
2
Teacher of Humility
x4
3
Display of Knowledge
x4
3
Ebon Dune Smuggler
x3
3
Great Valley Smuggler
x4
4
Severin, the Mad Mage
x4
4
Vault of the Praxis
x1
4
Xenan Obelisk
x1
Amber Waystone
x4
Crest of Mystery
x3
Crest of Wisdom
x3
Diplomatic Seal
x4
Elysian Banner
x4
Feln Banner
x3
Xenan Banner
x4
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The deck has lost some value since the meta has shifted away from the large amount of x/1s, which has hurt pitfall trap's value somewhat.
That being said, it should still have some legs.
Courtier is generally the most important card in the deck. Try not to play it unless you can also play a relic in the same turn to get a power off of it.
If you have the extra power you haven't spent (not referring to cards in hand), it is 99% of the time always correct to use pitfall trap to loot if your hand is not empty. Even if your hand is full of good things. You can't make your hand worse by doing so, and unless you used a scout land, the top card could have been anything.
Replace the unearth the past with a Disjunction in the Market. Replace the Lumen Shepherd, with the Vault of the Praxis. Replace the Vault in the main with a card of your choice.
As far as mulligans, I will often mulligan the first hand if it doesn't have a cage or courtier. I am more likely to keep the second hand even without those if it has a teacher. If none of the hands work out I often go to six. With a courtier you can easily catch back up.
good luck!
What am I supposed to be looking for early on? Rat cage and relics? Even so, it doesn't ever appear to be fast enough and the rats can't block, so, I'm kind of at a loss.
Should I be thinking more aggressively, or more combo-like? What do you do when you don't get an early rat cage?
Anyway, your description definitely helped, so, I very much appreciate it. I shall test it some more.