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This card is a nice alternate wincon for legends decks, putting the Hammer down on everyone

I wouldn't even fully call it a flaw , though, because decks can be built in colorless to work around or even exploit that fact

It tops out as a 3-mana 4/3 that also acts as a Rampant Growth, and timing allows you to tap and bounce mana dorks both to add the mana you need to your pool and satisfy web-slinging

Illustrated by Jabari Weathers Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Not Legal Historic Not Legal Modern Not Legal Brawl Not Legal Legacy Legal Comp

The Scrap Trawlers have a series of upgrade guides and primers for each of these decks over on EDHREC

Monocolored decks have restored some balance to standard whereas Ikoria standard demanded the opponent ramp or stack the deck against ramp