This was exacerbated at the end of 2024 when WotC announced that not only there would be 3 Magic Multiverse and 3 UB sets in 2025, but that UB sets would become Standard-legal for the first time
In those days, Mana Drain wasnt strictly better than Counterspell, thanks to mana burn, and it really did come up sometimes
Cool design, but I dont think its very good
I dont need a lot of words to tell you that Im really impressed here and I expect this to mature nicely
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This heavily incentivizes not killing your creatures, which you can either force through blocking or sacrifice themes, the latter of which Id recommend