Fortunately, an updated version printed in Journey into Nyx fixes this flaw, but thats still two decades away The 00s: Gratuitous Violence We got our next enchantment in October 2002 in the form of Gratuitous Violence, first printed in Onslaught
In addition, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms will introduce flavour text onto Magic: The Gatherings basic land cards for the first time
Instant Color tag templates(None) Undying Evil Target creature gains undying until end of turn
For players who frequent the same playgroups with the same decks week after week, introducing lock cards which target only one deck at the table will inevitably be taken as personal, even if just within the politics of threat assessment. Sleeving up these sorts of cards can feel like the start of a spiteful arms race, where players without the resources to change commanders regularly are sitting ducks against spells never balanced for main-decking against known opposition
everyone has one definite goal to defeat the other side
The ability to gain a bunch of life at instant speed is occasionally relevant, but youll almost always cast this as a removal spell