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While [card]Reaper Kings anthem ability is definitely the less important of its two effects, its still a nice boost to most of your creatures and can help you in dealing damage once you clear your opponents boards

It was likely a printing error, and for the sake of consistency, Wizards has kept that error ever since, and made it a formal part of the card back's design

This was true even before the recent price spike, too, as back in early May, copies sold for $485 surprisingly consistently

Well, because unless that Odric can leverage a lethal (or notable) attack, the opponent will be throwing it away in order to poke through just a little bit of damage

How about on turn 3 or 4 right before you play your Geist-Honored Monk or Thragtusk when the opponent is a red / beatdown deck

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