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Giving double strike to a big beater that has a 8 or 12 power is nasty

There are board wipes and single-target removal spells aplenty, there are Fog effects, and there are solitaire-style combo wins all make combat much more difficult to pull off

incidental ramp is always a powerful tool for aggro decks to have access to, and the easier mana cost means that the deck doesnt have to be monowhite

Even with damage, there is demand for the fact that it is an early item itself, so the strength of this genre is that you dont have to view it as meaningless unless its a PSA 10. SAR / SR Series (Modern Cards) While modern SAR and SR cards are flashy and popular, condition differences directly affect the price

Timaeus has a Duel Monsters card form

And heres the second reason it was broken: you could special summon any monster you like from the extra deck