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Whipflare: A great way to clear the board of a bunch of weenies.

Summary Limited Edition Alpha cards are rare and valuable due to limited printing, making them sought after by collectors for their power

While triggering strange permanents is a nice bonusand if you are building around Naban, Dean of Iteration, it's certainly worth considering these cards (and cards like them) for utility slots in your deckif there's one thing we've learned from Panharmonicon, it's that most of the time, the right (and easiest) way to build around a card like Naban, Dean of Iteration is to play a ton of creatures with enters-the-battlefield triggers

Transmute cant be countered by typical counterspells