Dimirs the perfect color pair for a card like this, and it provides a nice alternative to something like Marrow-Gnawer because it adds blue to the mix
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Against other fair decks, Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer isnt as good, especially against creature-based decks that can easily roadblock a 2/1 creature
I'm not above flashing it out on the end step of the player before me, but I'm also willing to throw it out on my turn and let the table see if they can remove it
A key release came in 2013 with the release of Modern Masters, the first set reprint set released for the Modern format and gave birth to the Masters reprint series, and in 2019 with Modern Horizons, which was the first to bring mechanically new cards that skipped Standard legality
The reason it sees so much play is that it is doing two things that are well paired, both stalling the game and it is never a dead or even that weak of a card in any given matchup
