Dear Wilderness Reclamation, 

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You are a very good Magic card. You took Standard by storm and were banned in August of 2020. Two months later you were banned in Pioneer. At the moment of writing this you are in 9099 Cubes. Way too little if you ask me, you are freaking awesome. Building a deck that actually can abuse you is so much fun, I love doing it. The only thing is, I get to play you for only 2 mana. 

I play you in my cost reduction emblem cube, my Alles-2. This Cube is full of banger build around green enchantments that are now so strong thanks to the emblem. Fae Offering, Primeval Bounty, Bigger on the Inside, Glare of Subdual, and you, Wilderness Reclamation. I’ve recently added Mystical Teachings, one of my all time favourite cards, to this Cube to accompany you. The context shift of you being just 2 mana is so insane. When you are cast for 4 mana you usually either have to have done a fair share of interacting with the board state or have to have an instant speed Wrath of God in your hand. Otherwise you just don’t have the time. But at only 2 mana, even if you don’t have the instant to back you up, you are insane. 

It’s hard to explain how awesome some Magic cards become with -2 generic mana. You already showed the world how good you can be in constructed Magic at 4 mana. But getting you to work in draft is a different ball game. And let’s be fair, it’s such a cool thought experiment to have a card that was banned in multiple formats, their cost be reduced by half. 

I really already liked you when you were 4 mana. Having such a cool enchantment be banned in multiple formats and seeing it in a Cube and just think, maybe, just maybe, I can do this thing you offer. But being able to do it at only 2 mana, one has to truly have experienced that before they have truly experienced you. It will make them fall in love just like I did. 

With love, 

Hanjo