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CMU Academy Erik Lauer, 5-8 PTRome 1998 I remember first meeting Aaron Forsythe

Carnage Gladiator: This guy is great at what it does, but it commits you very strongly to beating down

For example, blue provides card draw with cards like Consecrated Sphinx and blue countermagic like Mana Drain or Counterspell, black offers powerful spot removal like Fatal Push and has access to the best tutors in the game in the form of Demonic Tutor or Vampiric Tutor, and white adds board wipes (Wrath of God/Day of Judgment) and recursion in cards like Second Sunrise or Faith's Reward

The larger point, and one that many players expressed in the comments below this post, was that such crossovers existing in the first place is problematic

Baleful Strix was around $8 at the time, but the real prize was True-Name Nemesis

As Tarmogoyf was first printed in the final set of the original Time Spiral Block, Future Sight, the perfect place for a reprint is, of course, Time Spiral Remastered