Cards with effects that are too small or too expensive, for example, Hissing Miasma only makes opponents lose 1 life, Hedron-Field Purists costs 15 mana to prevent 2 damage from each creature, Orim's Prayer only gains you 1 life per attacking creature, etc
Deck Filters The Master of Lake-town 5.1%inclusion 4%synergy 3 decks 59 decks Stony-Voiced Goblins 4.3%inclusion 4%synergy 1 decks 23 decks Ultimo, Civilization's End 1.6%inclusion 1%synergy 3 decks 184 decks M.O.D.O.K
Let the Galaxy Burn uses a neat quirk of the rules to make its play, as X spells change their own mana value while on the stack, meaning the effective cascade cost of the card goes up the higher X is
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The Walking Dead - Rick, and the rest of The Walking Dead gang, reimagined as Magic cards (this one caused quite an uproar at the time)