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C Slate Street Ruffian An interesting, readily available cipher target that forces the opponent to either get hit and suffer the encoded spell, or block and (hopefully) trade and lose a card
Perhaps surprisingly, Pauper is one of the best formats for a degenerate like me to play an off-meta land destruction deck built to bully my opponents by casting Dark Ritual into Choking Sands on turn 1
This process helps me keep my emotions in check and prevents me from making rash purchasing decisions that would likely lead to losses
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You can only play it when the right trigger (discarding the card from your hand) happens
