Having haste on your creatures is a nice bonus, and Samut is a pretty good attacker itself
This means we can take advantage of those cards later on, by either playing them on the field or using them to activate our cards' effects
In 2002, some card vendors inaccurately claimed that white-bordered versions of regular black-bordered cards were sold as exclusives
I can always recast Elminster if he gets killed, but that's mana I'd rather use for other things
Ancestral Recall is the best draw spell in the game, Time Walk is stupidly undercosted for the effect, Timetwister refills your hand for minimal investment, and the set of Moxen plus Black Lotus ramp you like crazy
The trouble is, outside of Limited, blocking isn't all that common