There are a lot of expensive (8 mana or more) rare and mythic creatures that basically win the game by themselves that you'd really like to cheat out, and this is a good way to do that
And I should know because that exact thing happened to me this past weekend
Nice thing about the ways that Magic: The Gathering is a programming language
While many players might be able to afford Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor, just as many cannot, and those players who still might want to run combos can use Illicit Shipment to good effect
If not then I don't see marginal Mox and bad Impulse being reason enough to theme this way
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