Kardur was one of the fiercest jarls, inspiring terror in the hearts of other demons
@GavinVerhey however, if forced to answer without context, my answer is "no" because attacking lets the opponent make the decision
Yes, its potential targets were by definition fewer, but the swap didn't inherently fix the non-games problem with Strip Mine, especially for decks of mostly or all nonbasic Lands
Lets imagine for a second that cards like Nyxbloom Ancient can be, and are printed, because there are already enough answers to it in Commander

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