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9 Master Transmuter An extremely versatile creature, Master Transmuter lets you swap the artifacts you have in play with those in your hand, getting around the need to pay for high casting costs and the chance of your opponents countering your spells

That said, black does offer some good removal, some aspirational cards, and some modest card advantage, and its a lot better off than where it used to be

Its time to do that again, but this time youre not ramping ahead, youre shooting down creatures or peoples life totals instead

Umezawas Jitte Umezawas Jitte is a fundamentally broken and unfair Magic card

For Affinity, it was equipment, highlighted by Skullclamp and Cranial Plating (which wasn't itself banned but certainly helped create the insane Affinity decks that led to mass bannings)