9 Mint Careful examination may reveal a minor flaw (micro-scratch, minor color defect, print line, white point, etc.), or the card may not be perfectly centered
That single line of text makes your attacks, board wipes, and win conditions much safer
(6/1/2012) If, during a player's declare blockers step, a creature is tapped or it's affected by a spell or ability that says it can't block, then it doesn't block
Even with all their shortcomings these similar cards have seen some cube play and would see a whole lot more if it were not for how dangerous they are to use around counter magic
This means Abrupt Decay easily answers those cards while also being a nice answer to early pressure from aggro decks
So he's already a worse Aladdin and that Aladdin barely saw play and mostly only as a Shift target for Aladdin - Heroic Outlaw