Although this effect does have a practical purpose within the game, it ultimately served moreso to just annoy your opponents, which is ultimately what lead to the card being completely banned
It's possible to open two borderless rares or mythic rares, including two mythic rares, in one booster
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The part where the player loses half of their life isn't instead of the number of objects they chose, but according to the wording, it's actually in addition to the number of objects they chose
The Magic: The Gathering card Valakut Exploration has seen a pretty significant price rise
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