Its low mana cost means that any deck along the aggressive to control spectrum can play it, and since its colorless, you can slot it in anywhere and cast it using any color
Not only that, a lot of the cards are bound to the Theros flavoring which will be hard to reprint in future sets
Other notable characters from Salvatores Drizzt books, which started with The Crystal Shard in 1988, include the dwarf warrior Bruenor Battlehammer and Lolth, the Spider Queen
Moraug, Fury of Akoum and Combat Celebrant are two more extra combats that are solid (Moraug really wants fetchlands though) Clever Concealment, Flawless Maneuver, Teferi's Protection, and Deflecting Swat make your board that much more difficult to answer Enlightened Tutor finds your Cathars' Crusade or other stuff and lets you cut the weaker versions from the deck Smothering Tithe and Land Tax are great mana engines, while Jeweled Lotus and Dockside Extortionist are good burst mana Jeska's Will is great mana and card advantage Archaeomancer's Map and Smuggler's Share are good incremental value
Beyond just making sense, changing this ruling wouldnt affect anything, outside of Vanille and Fang
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