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When the trigger resolves, if the creature's still on the battlefield, its controller will sacrifice it

Best Control Payoffs The best control payoffs are often just the best control cards themselves

Which one you choose will of course be up to the specific needs of the current game, but it's hard to see a situation where you won't want one or the other

Second, because these cards showing up in other drops confirms theyre not Festival in a Box exclusives

Even though source material cards only appear in one out of 24 play boosters, these reprints will still seriously boost supply