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I've played with and against this deck, and it's always struggled to keep up with the pace of the game and to have any meaningful impact

In fact the printing of Unholy Heat (and to an extent Solitude) has mostly pushed out cards like Tarmogoyf out of the format, as the removal in the format is now so efficient that creatures either need to be one-mana, so you trade at an even level (Dragons Rage Channeler and Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer), too large to be killed by Unholy Heat (Deaths Shadow and Murktide Regent) or generate immediate value upon being played (Solitude, Fury and Omnath, Locus of Creation)

However, more high-power decks with increased reprint values found in sets like Modern Horizons 3 will set you back closer to $60

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