Such compensation shall be Customers exclusive remedy for any loss or damage, and is subject to Customer irrevocably releasing and discharging PPG and its affiliates from any liability for loss or damage to the item whatsoever, regardless of PPGs actions or omissions
If not as a guarantee, at least as an option
Second is Painful Quandary, which taxes 5 life or a card whenever an opponent casts a spell
By discarding any number of Machine-Type monsters, the player could inflict direct damage to the opponent, equal to the amount of cards discarded times 500
I can understand some of the reasons this change may have been made, but the fact that there are some valid reasons doesnt change the reality that the narrative has become that Wizards tried to kill the highest level of the game, regardless of how accurate that statement is
If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), its controller does gain 4 life