Well always see mechanics like this in Limited that allows us to get rid of excess lands or uncastable spells, and well usually interact with the graveyard in some manner
Its less powerful, but I dont think the power level was the main problem back in those days
When making your own deck, there are plenty of cards that work well together, but its easy to choose the wrong ones and mess up your own plans
Unlike many of the other event cards, this one can deal quite a lot of damage with Flamethrower
Look into ways you can make those one or two treasure / clue / food tokens as you just otherwise play normally
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