Also, since the overall power level of Modern is dramatically lower compared to Legacy and Vintage, the 2 for 1 for countering a medium-power non creature spell is often not worth it
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It was only the games third expansion, and it was released way back on June 10th, 1994
This ability reminds me of a rare in Red (Raging River) that was printed way back in Alpha that divided grounded creatures into two sides of a River and then they could only block or be blocked by that side, so this is a clear call back to that, but color shifted to Azorius, which makes no flavor sense to me
I will most likely be doing all the ponies, but Twilight seemed like the most challenging so I'm starting there
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