However, those race-based formats were defined by undercosted beaters (which dont die to Righteous Blow) and powerful combat tricks (which counter Slash of Talons and provide extra damage)
(Editor's Note: The decklists below pull the newest printing of each card automatically from Gatherer, including printings which are not in this product
This is a possible contributing factor for the design decision of adding ward 2

Release date: 1993-12-01 Air Elemental Ancestral Recall Animate Artifact Animate Dead Animate Wall Ankh of Mishra Armageddon Aspect of Wolf Bad Moon Badlands Balance Basalt Monolith Bayou Benalish Hero Berserk Birds of Paradise Black Knight Black Lotus Black Vise Black Ward Blaze of Glory Blessing Blue Elemental Blast Blue Ward Bog Wraith Braingeyser Burrowing Camouflage Castle Celestial Prism Channel Chaos Orb Chaoslace Circle of Protection: Black Circle of Protection: Blue Circle of Protection: Green Circle of Protection: Red Circle of Protection: White Clockwork Beast Clone Cockatrice Consecrate Land Conservator Contract from Below Control Magic Conversion Copper Tablet Copy Artifact Counterspell Craw Wurm Creature Bond Crusade Crystal Rod Cursed Land Cyclopean Tomb Dark Ritual Darkpact Death Ward Deathgrip Deathlace Demonic Attorney Demonic Hordes Demonic Tutor Dingus Egg Disenchant Disintegrate Disrupting Scepter Dragon Whelp Drain Life Drain Power Drudge Skeletons Dwarven Demolition Team

On March 17, the full-size tins, which feature five booster packs and an art promo card featuring Galarian Articuno, Galarian Zapdos, or Galarian Moltres, hit shelves
The main deck contains 40 cards