It was the first MTG card that required manual dexterity for players to use it
[3] Despite being labeled Rare, these cards arent actually all that hard to find (at least compared to higher-rarity cards)
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In EDH it is a staple but in cube it is more of a last resort
The Scorpion God also wants this because it gets you to critical mass of -1/-1 effects, which in turn makes the God a genuine card advantage engine

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