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2023-02-04 Toxic doesn't change the amount of combat damage a creature deals

Generally, no spell costs more than two mana (again, Skewer the Critics and Rift Bolt can be hard cast for more, but more often than not only cost you one mana), letting you keep the curve exceptionally low, and leading you to only run around 20 lands

Core Themes Manabase With the land count being as low as it is, there is some argument for removing Dark Depths and Thespians Stage from the deck in favor of two dual lands or even two more basic lands

This is also similar to Shadow from Tempest, but shadow creatures couldn't block non-shadow creatures which gave it an interesting and new dynamic

I dont see this getting another reprint any time soon, as it can only really go into Commander-focused sets

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