Token generation is a surefire way to make typal decks tick
Persist Persist is close to being an all-timer reanimation spell at 2 mana, but the -1/-1 counter matters and targeting only non-legendaries severely limits the types of targets you'd want to bring back
The split-slot rarity makes each one genuinely scarce
Main Set Card Number Set Number Includes Common , Uncommon , Rare , Double Rare and ACE Spec Each rarity does have a particular placement in the set structure Note: Certain Specialty Sets sometimes do not have rarities within the main set for Commons, Uncommons, and Rares in TPC versions 1
Those tokens are way less relevant than cards like Rhystic Study, Smothering Tithe, and The One Ring
Black Lotus has become infamous as a symbol of the early, unbalanced nature of Magic: The Gathering rules