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Given Final Fantasy first debuted in 1987, theres no shortage of different aesthetics that Wizards of the Coast could use

This colour combination has got great removal, life gain (which is particularly useful at offsetting the black's life loss), powerful creatures, and reanimation capabilities

If your original idea is a mana cost, look at what else Wizards has done in those colors, both on planeswalkers and outside of them

In duels, I would call the Rain of Daggers better because it's a Plague Wind for three fewer mana, and that's good

But where Logic Knot is mostly indistinguishable from Counterspell in play, Remand boldly includes a significant drawback: what if your counterspell only delayed their play instead of defeating it permanently

It may not even be the fault of the player in question because when Modern breaks, it breaks