Kitchen table gamers may be miffed, then, that this costs a pretty penny as far as cards printed 2003 go, likely because it's a member of the Never Been Reprinted Club
Usually, I take the cards in Izzet, but you can do it in other ways
The justification is very similar for when the Cutter was banned from Standard: while there are a lot of very good cards in blue-red, this one has the most unique and deleterious effect on how decks have to counter Izzet
This sorcery allows you to exile the top two cards of your library and play them until the end of your next turn
This is useful in just about any red deck, but it does do more for red decks with plenty of treasure token generation in them
POWER/TOUGHNESS 5/5 ILLUSTRATOR Kazuya Takahashi LEGALITIES Standard Future Historic Timeless Gladiator Pioneer Modern Legacy Pauper Vintage Penny Commander Oathbreaker Standardbrawl Brawl Competitivebrawl Alchemy Paupercommander Duel Oldschool Premodern Predh Tlr LANGUAGES DE EN ES FR IT JP RULINGS 2025-06-06 In the Commander variant, a double-faced card's color identity is determined by the mana costs and mana symbols in the rules text of both faces combined
