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If Primeval Spawn would enter the battlefield and it wasnt cast or no mana was spent to cast it, exile it instead makes it so you cant Reanimate, Sneak Attack or Polymorph it into existence and this design choice feels very deliberate

The name is slang for sacrifice decks, and derives from the nickname for an old Standard deck using cards like Falkenrath Aristocrat and Cartel Aristocrat

Anytime Magnus deals combat damage to a player you get to make a 3/3 Spawn creature token, while at the same time reducing the cost of your spells by one

Summons needed to feel important, powerful, and like they could turn the tides of battle before vanishingjust like in the games

Modern Horizons 3 is kind of a half-step between the ideal and the standard