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Since then, fogs have evolved in numerous ways and taken plenty of different forms

It is much closer in value to a Rogue Refiner (assuming you have a good use for energy) and so that is a fantastic deal

Since so many players still win through some form of damage, this may quickly weaponize that damage and leave our opponents with several different paths to elimination

Elite Spellbinder gets rid of threats out of your opponents hands, and while it doesnt completely remove the card from the game, it does make someones potential payoff visible to the rest of the table and this might cause the table to shift focus to that player instead

And thats reflected in the weight, too, as the thing weighs 10 pounds

But seriously, just putting a +1/+1 every turn on creatures you control is already a nice rate for a 2-drop