Contract from Below
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Trivia: Contract from Below is self-referential. This card exists and was reprinted twice because Richard Garfield had negotiated a contract with the Lord of Darkness, accepting assurance of Magic's success and longevity in exchange for printing "the most powerful and most evil thing, like, ever."
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Posted By: Salient (1/22/2014 9:12:59 PM)
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Anyone notice how all of the Printed displays say 8 cards, but the Oracle display says 7?
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Posted By: Jdrawer (3/29/2014 3:29:15 PM)
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I would say that this is the most powerful card ever printed. Not legal in anything (well, freeform if your friends play ante) but absurdly, incredibly, far too powerful. Yes, more than Black Lotus. (I know, apples and oranges.) Draw eight. One Mana. (Oh, put some stuff in your graveyard too, black is cool with that.) You need to bet a card, but if you lose after this kind of boost you don't deserve it. :P

I am confused by the oracle text though, which is clearly mechanically different from what is on the card. I assume its a mistake because Wizards no longer errata's cards.
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Posted By: Enelysios (5/24/2014 10:54:21 PM)
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@Enelysios

It's actually draw 7, because one of the eight cards you draw is put into the ante. This card is still absolutely insane though.
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Posted By: OlvynChuru (6/6/2014 4:02:37 PM)
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