Cards featuring the original black-faced design that were headed for international release had their artwork updated to reflect the new design
Its potentially a maindeck card in Boros (where its high power, low toughness creatures need strong blockers gone) and a sideboard card in Selesnya
On the other hand, this does make playing Standard significantly cheaper
In +1 Ghost Quarter +3 Extirpate + 2 Engineered Explosives Out Ruby Storm Ruby storm has some great starts, but youre well equipped to handle the deck with your main deck Surgical Extractions messing up their game plan, which you can further pressure by bringing Extirpate
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Whether you use it to shut down Aether Vial, Wasteland, or Jace, the Mind Sculptor, Pithing Needle found targets in a lot of matchups