Efficient removal was present, the top-end finishers were present, but what I really needed was some kind of signpost Boros card that paid you off for making it to the late game, much like what I spent a good chunk of 2024 working to give every color pair in Uro was doing for my Simic decks
The illustration depicts someone looking in a mirror, seeing three (of course!) strange insects crawling on him that I would presume are invisible outside the reflection
With a renewed interest in cards that said win the game on them, I remembered Jace, Wielder of Mysteries was available
Selesnya, Azorius, Izzet, Golgari, Rakdos, Boros, Simic, and Gruul have all had their turn (and Orzhov is next week), so it's time to talk Dimir
Feather was the beginning of the Boros renaissance in EDH, and Akiri is the next step in that path
That's quite a tall order so early in the game