The Hostage Taker deserves to be in and is only sitting until gold's presence is lowered a bit. She will replace The Scarab God if it doesn't prove itself better than one of the other Dimir cards. I figured the (more than serviceable) Aristocrats might get another go-round, perhaps prop up some Persist or Rakdos shenanigans. Because she is also a Persist partner, Arlinn over the rarely-shown-love Reveler was an easy swap. I am a pretty big fan of both F/I and (especially) the Snake, but I figured they might take a break while this Spells Slinger thing gets figured out. And I'm not convinced that either of these artifacts will last long (cut as many times as they both have been), but I would love to see them prove themselves.