It was a card with enough power to change the environment, and it was so active that it could be called a staple of deck building, but perhaps because Strip Mine was such a huge threat,this card was never restricted or banned
Now, where things get really nasty is when you sandbag enough creatures to reawaken Purphoros, who will have effective haste
Over the years its become an increasingly useful card in EDH decks, although it should be noted that it has a black color identity, so it doesnt go in every deck
Here are the eighteen cards we are adding: Teferi's Protection Humility Narset, Parter of Veils Intuition Consecrated Sphinx Necropotence Orcish Bowmasters Notion Thief Deflecting Swat Gamble Worldly Tutor Crop Rotation Seedborn Muse Natural Order Food Chain Aura Shards Field of the Dead Mishra's Workshop I'll now cover why each one met our bar for inclusion
But it wasnt really making sense with what the main set was trying to do, we couldnt quite get it in there