Second to Counterspell, Control Magic was another staple in the Blue arsenal of control and control decks
If the game stretches out, you might even be able to drop the Cordial Vampire and then burst-kill someone out of nowhere, thanks to how well it plays with Kalastria Highborn and Blood Artist when fueled by zero-mana sacrifice outlets such as Viscera Seer, Stromkirk Condemned, and Bloodthrone Vampire
This powerful uncommon quickly usurped other token-generators in spellslinger decks and found as new home in artifact decks
I have had it appraised at several stores with no problems
Its already looking to be in a pretty sorry state in the background of the Dukes card, with dripping ink and even a claw mark in one of the columns
However, they do offer different combinations of Inks than were seen before, so its a great way to check out how they work in new ways to the previous decks