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Writers of Magic card names have long-establish rules they follow when dreaming them upthough "guidelines" may be a better termand they've been updated over time

Using this with a card like Irenicuss Vile Duplication can create incredibly explosive board states

If you do, untap this artifact

Since I already played with all of the mentioned cards, I absolutely disagree with this sentiment

Trading a mana rock for a Gilded Lotus to ramp and fix (which was neat, and I did see on hell of a turn 3 play of 'tap Mindstone and 2 lands for Tinker, get Gilded Lotus, land, Wrath') and a turn 3 Staff of Nin is a neat trick for a control deck, but I am not sure it is worth both the deck building contortions and often the card investment for these outcomes

With 2020 coming to a close, lets review the new cards released this year