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Besides its extreme power, the Black Lotus has maintained its value by rarely being reprinted (save for Magic's 30th anniversary)

On the front side, -1/-1 is enough to kill the formats smaller utility creatures or be used as a combat trick, and creatures die often enough that the Morbid ability shouldnt be too hard to trigger and give you a premium removal spell

Alongside these powerhouse cards, Invoke Despair is also, somewhat surprisingly, getting banned

Its a little fragile and just a 1/1 for four mana, but it packs a huge punch

This does not necessarily make those decks bad, as their power level can overcome this flaw if the combo it provides is simple enough to win games when it opens optimally