Combine Dark Ritual and Counterspell into one card and you have this Legends powerhouse, which will be reprinted, and I paraphrase a quote, as soon as all of R&D dies in a fiery bus crash and Randy Buehler is left as the only man alive
Treacherous Blessing + Demonic Lore Mainstays of decks that can sac them (like the uber annoying Doom Foretold decks), blink them, give them to opponents after the sweet cards are drawn, or all three, Treacherous Blessing and Demonic Lore can still get you three cards for 3 even if you cant do any of those, which is a great rate
It is not possible to search out a Backup card that has the same name as a Character that you already control
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If this card is on the "Primordials" side and its transform ability triggers, that ability can be responded to: The card's controller can activate its regereneration ability before the transform ability resolves
On that note: If they can put Control Magic into a Standard set by having it gift a card, then theyre obviously not concerned that stealing individual creatures is game-winning, because the quality of removal and necessity of synergy offset the opportunity to take a haymaker