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It also commands a high premium due to its iconic art, drawn by beloved legendary Magic artist Christopher Rush, who sadly passed away in 2016

The abilities always changed but the one constant was that it had firstest strike (what this meant also changed with each description)

Unlike with Cavern of Souls, though, these reprints will not be Standard or Pioneer legal

This means that you have to think hard about how valuable one half of a card is as you will not be able to play the other half unless it has Aftermath

Now, obviously I dont think the intent would be to roll in with some super efficient combo deck that kills the table all at once without ever caring about the Clue cards, but it does seem nicely suited for a more casual group of battlecruiser style decks looking to shake things up as they turn creatures sideways

This inclusion makes the deck more resilient to targeting hate like Surgical Extraction, which can otherwise neuter its dredging abilities