So why has the Bird been able to break the mold and become the most expensive non-land Standard rare in a long time
You can play the land, but you still have that one-land-a-turn limit
But to honor my buddy Roscoe's Tasigur, the Golden Fang deck that wanted to threaten and sacrifice opponent's creatures (without red cards), Illuminor Szeras has come to life
The main exceptions are decks where you often want to discard your cards to take advantage of their Graveyard effects
It stops flashback, Hogaak , Gravecrawler , and maybe companions later if companions get too good in Legacy and even that is questionable
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