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41. Really epic punch

The background is there was a set with this card


and then an alternate future set with this card



So as part of one of the not legal joke sets they created this card



So you might be thinking, Oh, so the reason this card is 41 is because its a funny joke. No, the reason this card is 41 is they screwed up the rules text and then shrugged and decided it was fine because it was a joke set.

Notice the first two cards say until end of turn. Thats how magic works. This isnt digital. Under no circumstance would modern day magic change the stats of a creature without some form of counter or marker indicating they changed, but this card does that.

So when this card came out it was an unintended bomb because

1. The card was unintentionally way better than if it was just until end of turn
2. You didnt have to ever tell your opponents the stats of your creature changed so you could bamboozle them.

Like this is horrendous gameplay experience to get gotten by this card, but because it was a silver bordered joke set they left it in and it was hilarious. I had a lot of fun playing it when I went to the release of this set.

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