A patent was granted to Wizards of the Coast in 1997 for "a novel method of game play and game components that in one embodiment are in the form of trading cards" that includes claims covering games whose rules include many of Magic' s elements in combination, including concepts such as changing orientation of a game component to indicate use (referred to in the rules of Magic and later of Garfield's games such as Vampire: The Eternal Struggle as "tapping") and constructing a deck by selecting cards from a larger pool
It can also be a backdoor win condition against opposing tribal decks if their battlefield gets out of control
As we mentioned earlier, however, this mechanic does have a few fatal flaws that may even require being nerfed
I untapped with an Alms of the Vein and a Just the Wind in my hand
At the end of the day, the deck just wants to be dishing out as much life loss as possible, and Great Unclean One is a good way to ensure this, while also providing a solid bunch of blockers
The new and improved art eventually found its way to booster packs in 2006 with the release of Time Spiral s futureshifted card sheet
