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Beyond that, many Lugia VSTAR decks have added Manaphy to their lists which makes this strategy useless

Either (A) they picked a stronger card in the Abzan colors (perhaps possible for the player who opened the pack if there was a bomb rare) or (B) they aren't drafting Abzan (more accurate is to say that they weren't drafting Abzan at the time they made the pick)

However, that was entirely a product of the Strixhaven Limited format being slow enough to accommodate an 8-mana spell, and the set was built around instants and sorceries, so it often just cast 10 spells every time you used it

Receiving and opening a Gift is very similar to sending one