Part of whats so weird about Balance is just how long it took most of the world to realize how broken the card was
You may, understandably, have been expecting more from a creature with the God type line, but The Atropal is actually very powerful when you consider the low opportunity cost of summoning him
It just makes a lot more sense to curve out with Blazing Bomb, Sahagin, The Emperor, Ultros and Shantotto, THEN start chaining together copies of Retrieve the Esper, rather than trying to play noncreature spells the whole game
Judge's Familiar would be better for sure, you could run both but Raptor is certainly wrong if over the Familiar
3 from the main set, and Coruscation Mage and Gleeful Arsonist
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