The design team (Aaron Forsythe, Richard Garfield, Mike Elliott, and Tyler Bielman, led by myself) approached Dimir as the "library guild," much as we approached the Golgari as the "graveyard guild." As I explained above, this comes about because blue and black have more interaction with the library than any other two-color combination
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This will get you 4 rad counters a turn after you start the cycle, which is pretty efficient for the decks that want that
These outdated methods risk damaging genuine cards and often prove ineffective against high-quality counterfeits
If you do, that player discards that card
Control decks will often negate any of the advantages that first strike would give