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Ill talk more about why this is so powerful when I get to the Swiftspear, but suffice it to say being second-best to that one creature is enough to make Soul-Scar Mage fit comfortably on this list

(2013-06-07) If all of the spell's targets are illegal when the spell tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen

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A source of reanimation right in the command zone makes the deck far more consistent, something that reanimation decks can struggle with since the core combo often requires three cards: a card worth reanimating, a way to put it in the graveyard, and a means of getting it back