Today, the card has been errata'd to explicitly not include mana abilities, which makes it much less broken
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But it was pretty simple to play: work your way up the curve, play big creatures, kill something here and there, and finish with the joyful combo of Phyrexian Obliterator and Gray Merchant of Asphodel
It has ever been so, since your great-grandmother collected baseball cards
Its gotten so bad that last time I saw a small child crack three booster backs without drafting them, I broke down in tears and was inconsolable for days
Most times that you play a black white deck you are basically playing a mono archetype and splashing a few power cards from the other