Malevolent Hermit saw quite a bit of play throughout its three years in Standard as a way for tempo and midrange decks to fight against control, with its front half sacrificing itself to counter non-creature spells and its back half making your non-creature spells uncounterable
But then WotC decided to revise Unlimited , and the rest is history
All cards from Alpha and Beta , except for those already reprinted in Fourth Edition or Ice Age
Necropotence Though inarguably broken, Necropotence offers more interesting lines than something like The One Ring
Most cards are Near Mint (NM) but some may be Lightly Played (LP) or Moderately Played (MP)
Card Set(s) -THE TIME OF BATTLE- [OP-16] CARD VIEW OP16-083 | C | CHARACTER Kouzuki Oden Attribute Slash Block Icon 5 Type Land of Wano/Kouzuki Clan Effect [Blocker] (After your opponent declares an attack, you may rest this card to make it the new target of the attack.) [On Play] You may trash 1 Character card with a cost of 8 or more from your hand: Draw 2 cards