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To keep him from sitting back and not attacking, as that felt out of character, we made it only usable when attacking

Although the card was awarded to a viewer for having the most valuable pulls during the contest, the pack that produced it was opened by the sponsored YouTuber, Roaring Sensei

Choose, untap, and return each lead to some very powerful strategies such as modal spells and charms, infinite mana, and reanimation or recursion creatures

If I have great removal options and weaker threats then I might as well replace the worst threat with an extra removal card

It can also be vulnerable to aggressive decks, since many of its strongest effects require paying life as a cost.

I greatly appreciated his level of expertise, and he helped us get to what is now manifest dread (my personal favorite mechanic of the set)