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K9-66a Jokul X DARK Level 5 [ AquaEffect ] ATK 2000 DEF 1900 If your opponent has 2 or more cards in their hand, you can Normal Summon this card without Tributing

Land Tax, a card designed to give opponents a disincentive against destroying lands, is a powerful card-drawing and shuffling engine

And yes, I'm a big ol' hypocrite complaining about lazy commander designs being "do X easy thing to draw a card" but going gaga over this card, and while Akiri does have a whiff of that in her first ability, to my defense this is card draw in Boros which could certainly use more of it and her second ability is super unique and flavorful: Akiri is saving your creatures from a fatal fall (removal) by swinging out (unattaching) her hook rope thingies to catch you

But It turned out to be far more powerful than anyone could have expected, and it was swiftly banned in Standard, as well as several other formats

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