Duplicate Protection Exploit Wanted Scoundrels | Illustration by Volkan Baga Some people were talking about a possible exploit that I need to address
Going by EDHREC again, it seems Birth of the Imperium is currently in 70% of posted Tom Bombadil decks
Gloomlake Verge, for example, can create blue and black mana once you control an Island or a Swamp, but can only create red mana without either of these colors
You can fill your deck with creatures with potent enter the battlefield effects and some good ways to bounce those cards back to your hand, or just have the most obnoxiously expensive creatures you can find and leave it at that
A Tiamat proxy lets you run this powerful staple across every deck you own without paying secondary market prices
Rather than selling out, Wizards instead stated that the sale has concluded, leading players to suspect shenanigans