The alternative was to burn five sideboard slots on useless cards, and that obviously was not a good answer
Around 1997, the license reverted to Wizards, and the company published its own novels to better tie these works to the expansion sets from 1998 to about 2011
I dont like the practice either, but decided to sell this way for multiple reasons
The more of those connections you can see, the better youll do that day
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And when that creature is destroyed, you can pay three mana to return Crown of Skemfar to your hand from the graveyard for another buff later on