While this cards abilities would be outclassed with far superior Zombie lords down the line (Lord of the Undead from Planeshift, Undead Warchief from Scourge , Death Baron from Shards of Alara , among many others)
Ruby/Emerald is a great deck for tacticians interested in countering opponents, with an arguably higher skill ceiling than Amber/Amethyst that can make it a real power deck in the right hands
Additionally, Wizards of the Coast can make money directly from these players desires
This is two 1.5 cards stapled together -- but having an Omen does mean that this doesn't have the biggest downside about being a 6-drop -- that it doesn't do anything until you get to 6
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Log in RULINGS 2024-06-07 If the creature token created by Ocelot Pride's last ability is your tenth permanent, you'll get the city's blessing before the ability would check to see if you have the city's blessing