Due to its status as part of the first set, many collectors are willing to pay a good price for the card, with records showing that a PSA 10 sold for $3,300 in October 2020
Yes, that is also the main disadvantage to getting card advantage through drawing cards and yes, discard is also weakened by diminishing returns which card draw isn't, I am not comparing discard to card draw as a way towards card advantage, just stating the facts about cards in isolation
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At the beginning of the next end step, if any of those cards remain exiled, put them into your graveyard, then create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token for each card put into your graveyard this way
Essentially, you can look at Forbid as a one-card-lock, a build-around win condition which asks only that you significantly outdraw your opponent
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