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The two-cost will toss a shield counter on up to three dorks - note that they don't need to be yours - just as a heads up

Alpha was released in August 1993 with just 295 cards, and players thought that was plenty

peasant) [F]: Not playable in Cube

Some are alternative treatments of cards found in the Commander decks

Sure, they're often paired with abilities that mesh with noncreature spells, or card draw, or outright winning the game, still tons of Wizards across Magic's history fit no apparent mold

Decks that want to draw cards with Fact or Fiction are very unlikely to also be able to optimally use a Skullclamp, decks that have the mana to bust out a five or more mana draw spell are similarly unlikely to also want to use the economic but slow Ancestral Visions