So, this was easy enough to write
Best Otter Payoffs Were here for the spells, in any format, whether thats a Commander deck helmed by Alania, Divergent Storm or Bria, Riptide Rogue, or a Standard Izzet prowess deck highlighting Stormcatch Mentor and perhaps Ral, Crackling Wit
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Even if it didnt pass the vanilla test everytime it was cast, it seems very plausible that a hard-to-combat knight that rewarded you for playing mono black would have been a force to be reckoned with at a time when creatures were not what they are today
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