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A question that Gerry Thompson once asked me still resonates with me to this day: "How many converted mana cost (mana value) 3 or higher creatures have impacted recent Standard without having some form of immediate effect on the game?" The list is a lot shorter than I would have guessed

*Contains some identical cards from 17 types for gameplay purposes

While visually striking, these are generally less valuable than traditional holofoil cards, unless part of a special edition or rarity pattern (like the Master Ball foil, explained below)

Cleanse has very problematic textdestroy all Black creaturesand Imprison depicts a dark-skinned person being jailed, while both Stone-Throwing Devils and Pradesh Gypsies use slurs in their names

They define cheap digging on the first turn, growing storm counts, trigger Spellslinger stuff like Guttersnipe and tons mores

It also has a free switch in with its ability, which is not strictly necessary but a nice addition nonetheless