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Cheap, instant-speed, and devastating in the right windowits one of blacks most overlooked removal spells

So yeah, Champion itself doesnt do much, but its paired with other abilities that do a lot

Finding a way to cast your best spell a zillion times, however, is always a big deal (especially since you get a LOT more mana for the next replication after each casting)

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As such this saw too little play and was cut never to return many years ago

If you'd put the 2nd para 1st then the current 1st para could just read "each player then sacrifices half of their permanents, rounded up"