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Unfortunately, Rarity is just a middle-of-the-road game piece, if you want to call it that

The Balrog of Moria appears here because you can discard it to make two Treasure tokens, which lets you ramp from four to six mana ahead of schedule to cast The Master

Unfortunately, there isnt much I can say about it that hasnt been said before

Once it is already in the battlefield, you are almost guaranteed to ramp some more and gain more life because of Uros abilities

Its not overly simple, but it wont fry your brain either

Add in Full Art Lysandres Trump Card (banned later) , and youve got one of the wildest, most impactful sets of the era