This makes them somewhat collectible/unique but totally unplayable competitively
The larger the game, the better it scalesmaking it one of the most satisfying mill payoffs in black-based Commander decks
This history is the engine that drives the vintage market: the supply of true gem-mint copies is exceptionally low because, at the time, no one thought to preserve them, causing severe bottlenecking in modern gem-mint PSA 10 population reports
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Some of his most notable cards feature monstrous eldrazi, phyrexians, and twisted spells
Its hard to pin down why this is, especially since there are over a dozen cards in the deck that Id categorize as card advantage, with the best ones being Idol of OblivionIdol of Oblivion, SkullclampSkullclamp, and Shamanic RevelationShamanic Revelation