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(That philosophy has shifted quite a bit over the years.) Mirri was given protection from black because black creature kill was a big part of the Standard metagame at the time

Black is an incredible color to make, thanks to many of your best Black cards being so pip-intensive

People have combined it with pump spells and fling effects in the past, though proliferate is rarely part of the equation

At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy this enchantment unless you sacrifice two Islands

Horrifying body gore, impossible-to-detect infiltration schemes, and a (mostly) irreversible transformation into one of the most feared entities in Magic