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I don't think it's ever been printed in red before: red's form of ramp tends to be more temporary - stuff like rituals or treasures

Merlin could singlehandedly bolster any deck running Sapphire, and will most certainly replace the other Floodborn character of the same cost, Gaston Intellectual Powerhouse

That could happen any number of times you can muster, rather than just once per attack as is the case with Sword of the Animist

It also continues the Verge land cycle started in Duskmourn: House of Horror

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And with all this inherent value baked into the card, you would expect a very weak body on him