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According to an article by MTG head designer Mark Rosewater, there are a number of reasons for this change

Under the protection of Evasive, Jafar can then turn your card draw into a direct win condition, gaining a Lore every time you draw a card during your turn

In order to thrive in todays Standard metagame, the deck might be able to get more aggressive with cards like Liliana, Heretical Healer and Despoiler of Souls fuelling an aggressive curve

It was something much more exciting than the typical Core Set, and felt less like a collection of random designs based on high fantasy all thrown together in one set (though there was still plenty of that)

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