What starts as early to mid-game pruning of graveyards ends up as a phenomenal mana sink that has the potential to end games
For just two mana, you get an unblockable body with an asymmetrical graveyard hate ability that also allows you to cast one of the cards that you exile without paying its mana cost - that's a lot one one card
Here, let me give you some of the context of other Swamps during this era of the game: What I've done is go back and forward a couple of years in time to share some other Swamps
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This isn't to say that Nadu also didn't deserve a ban due to it's power level, as it was a top deck played at the highest level of competitive Commander (aka CEDH)
2025-06-06 A transforming double-faced card enters with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed or allows you to cast it transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up