It just hadnt been categorized and used across multiple cards in the same way during this sets time in the sun
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd One one hand, overpowered Modern Horizons 3 card
With the ability to give Fallen Shinobi unblockable, or having it come in through Ninjutsu, youre always going to be able to get those first two cards
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My aversion to competitively viable archetypes and strategies in favor of unhinged jank that only works one out of every hundred games probably doesnt help either
But the reality is, it is just fast at putting Instants and Sorceries into your graveyard for just one card / two mana