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Where a Blue player casting Rhystic Study immediately makes themselves a threat, a White card draw option like Cut a Deal reminds the table that you're there to benefit them

With this cards strength, ubiquity (roughly 10 reprints) and terrific Pete Venters artwork, it surely qualifies as one of the most iconic modern Elves of all time

It is particularly potent in decks that care about Enter the Battlefield triggers or copying powerful utility creatures like Dockside Extortionist to generate a burst of mana before the mirror reverts to its reflective state

Stuff like Snuff Out or Dismember are already heavily played cards, but here, you get to draw a card from them because you lost 4 life, and you also get to drain your opponents for 2 life, offsetting your life loss

That's extort