Like Mark Rosewater, I don't expect Outlast to make a large-scale return in any future set any time soon, either
The card is the first great Thopter commander, allowing you to play a unique Commander deck utilizing a creature type that while having a lot of support, never has a solid dedicated commander until this point, which also helps drive Leonardo Da Vinci's price up
It does a good impression of FOW in formats where that card isn't legal, and it sits side-by-side with the all-timer free counterspell in formats where both co-exist
Then I didnt hear back from them, which is not uncommon from them, Wizards is a very big company. Sanderson continued with his answer, giving his theory on how everything went down
For me, one of the ways Magic has always stood apart is with its commitment to exploring those things
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