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Liliana of the Veil and Bitter Triumph give us removal that also lets us discard a reanimation target and Cruelclaw's Heist let's us do a hand check to make sure our opponent doesn't have a way to kill Summon: Primal Odin, and if we're feeling frisky we can gift our opponent a card to steal what we Thoughtseize]

From an art standpoint, I also appreciate that Magic decided to create a unique look for the sword rather than just copy the design from the Peter Jackson movies

If you don't discard a land that's fine, you can still discard something else and keep on digging and churning your deck and graveyard

This deck-building challenge helped me understand which cards Wizards of the Coast and players value highly enough to keep around in competitive play (such as Giant Growth and Birds of Paradise) and which cards just couldnt hack it through the years (such as Aspect of Wolf and Stone Giant)

The spell-centric and cost-reduction archetypes are hot right now, and Quandrix sits right at that intersection