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Mana Geyser, Treasure makers, and so on can power out monstrous dragons, Eldrazi, an Ugin or two one of the best ways to use excessive ramp is to draw a ton of cards, either to convert that ramp into card advantage, or to ensure you have a bunch of ways to use your temporary mana

But the rare card also has a single ability called 10,000 Needles, which is excessive in a way that only Final Fantasy abilities can be excessive: Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +9999/+0 until end of turn. Do you need to deal 10,000 damage to another creature in a game of Magic ever

According to Wizards of the Coast, this card was subtle, but powerful and the benefit that it provided came at too low a cost. Due to the probe functioning as a cantrip (draws a card) and costing a single Phyrexian mana, it allowed players to peer into their opponent's hands for the often negligible cost of two life

The only problem was that by this point, it was clear that Bitterblossom wasn't actually that good in Modern, meaning its usefulness outside of Commander and Cube was low

While a 1/1 might not be much to write home about, as soon as you get ten permanents in play and you get the City's Blessing, all your Saproling creatures get +2/+2 and suddenly become 3/3 threats