And it can protect against the least good board wipes in Standard, so thats something
I also really like the art for Cloak of Confusion, Gravebind and Songs of the Damned, which are all very pretty for completely different reasons
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Blasphemous Act can often be cast for a single red mana, Crux of Fate is a powerhouse against dragons, and Austere Command offers incredible flexibility
Putting it All Together Killing the Reserved List would make most of Magics most exciting cards lose a large part of what makes them special
As someone incredibly interested in the macabre, I quickly became invested in the weird and often gruesome results of these incredibly messed-up experiments