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Joseph Tobin noted that rarity in this case is "artificially created", and "effectively a form of gambling" in which children need to repeatedly purchase booster packs to get more rare cards

It doesnt copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its types, color, or so on

As mythic rares became normalized and the player base became desensitized to their special nature, Wizards of the Coast scrambled to introduce another level of rarity

Giving this Dragon Spirit Ward makes it so hard to remove

Occasionally, rumors emerge about the card being sold, like the now-removed 2017 eBay listing for $200,000, but there has been no official word since the 2001 sale