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One of the coolest Hour of Devastation cards is definitely God-Pharaoh's Gift. We've known about the card for months through Gate to the Afterlife, but with the release of HOU, we finally know what it actually is, and it's not disappointing.
I've already seen a lot of brews witht he Gift this season; some are Sultai value decks that use The Scarab God, and some are Grixis decks that discard cards really, really fast. The Sultai builds look clunky (says the guy who just uploaded a clunky-looking sultai deck a few days ago - it was a good deck!), and the Grixis builds look really inconsistent and dependent on nut draws.
I think U/W is a good combination for this deck because you get all of the best blue cards that are in every version of this deck (Champion of Wits, cycling creatures, and artifact tutors) along with all of the best white cards from the U/W Flash deck, all of which have synergy with the deck. Selfless Spirit can be put into the graveyard easily for Gate to the Afterlife, and once you've got a God-Pharaoh's Gift out, you can essentially give your entire team indestructible every turn. Avacyn can come back and give your team indestructible too, and Angel of Sanctions can come back from the dead whether or not you have a Gift in play.