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We wouldnt ask ourselves these questions if Lightning Bolt wasnt one of the defining cards of the entire game of Magic
All ten of the fetch lands were the highlight, but also stuff like the allied-colour bond lands (the enemy-colour ones wouldn't be released until Commander Legends later that year), Wasteland, Strip Mine, and Valakut the Molten Pinnacle
Nobody wants to hear about all the weird pacts you keep making when theyre about to have their upkeep
Decks were hard to maintain due to the rotation and said rotation being oftentimes confusing, unlike Standard, which meant non-competitive players were discouraged from playing it by its lack of casual accessibility
Ramp out Eldrazi