My following comments are speculation, but: The card designs could have been approved around the same time period as the first wave of 1996 cards, the contract could have enforced the release date of 1997 to stagger product hitting the market, the contract could have stipulated mew was to be withheld until approved, or indefinitely, or permission triggered by some other event such as a sales target
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Opponents struggle to keep pace when your threats keep replacing themselves
As someone deeply entrenched in the community, one of the big things I've been doing is reaching out to prominent community members to get their takes on what we're making
Removal spells like Murder are the quintessential example of a one-for-one: You burn one card from your hand to destroy an opponents creature
It does only target nonbasic lands, but many decks in Commander play plenty of nonbasics, with some not playing basic lands at all
