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Its a perfect example of early Magic design what we would later label a top-down approach which tries to match the lore as literally and intuitively as possible, even if it makes cards harder to understand at first glance

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Personally, I generally wouldnt go over 18 creatures or below 13, but there are plenty of times I would go outside of this range, especially if a format has a particularly spells-heavy archetype

Emrakuls Evangel 2G Creature Human Horror 3/2 T, Sacrifice Emrakuls Evangel and any number of other non-Eldrazi creatures: Put a 3/2 colorless Eldrazi Horror creature token onto the battlefield for each creature sacrificed this way

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Clearly these mass removal cards were for decks with almost no creatures