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Amethyst/Ruby can be useful for control decks focused on maintaining sway over the board, while a good Emerald/Steel build tends to angle for weakening an opponent by depleting their resources through discard abilities

And similarly, if times or opinions change and a card on this list looks fine in casual play now, we can take it off

As youll see later, theres no question that these cards would be some of the most expensive in Magics history if ever sold

Cycling Payoffs Spells with cycling have touched many of Magic s formats, but they wouldnt be as successful as they are without payoff cards

Back To Basics turns all of these nonbasics essentially "off" as it prevents them from being untapped outside of card effects