Lions Eye Diamond Forcing the player to discard their hand was a great attempt by the design team to balance Lion's Eye Diamond, but they still missed the mark
The real path to victory lies in her ETB effect which allows us to manipulate our land count and their utility effects to win the game
Ultimately, as much as we might try, we sadly cant predict the future of MTG
Want to say something with some emote magic
OP-16s main theme is Paramount War
You had to find a way to buff damage high enough to kill in two to three hits (Blackblade Reforged was a huge pickup back in the day!), you had to find Protection and Haste for your Commander as it was definitely going to be removed 3 or more times in a game, and you had to do this with comparatively limited access to card draw and ramp, at least compared to today, and at least if you werent playing Rafiq or someone else with green and blue