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It was kind of an offhand comment, but it sent us down a rabbit hole into the world of the best-selling media franchise of all time

However, just because they are rotten to the core, doesnt mean they cant be helpful when battling it out

Note that you can exile zero cards with Cease / Desist and still gain two life and draw a card, and how far is that from Revitalize, which has always been marginally playable in white-based control decks

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Both of these have occurred in Magic before but haven't been used very much

The more plausible scenario in my mind is that after sending out packs to as many entrants as they feasibly could (I imagine it was hard to track down and mail these in the days before standardized personal emails and tHe iNTeRnET) they likely sent packs to established hobby stores like OPs in hopes to stir up some orders for other PTCG products and Organized Play