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In 2022, an authenticated and graded Alpha Black Lotus has gone to auction just four times. None of the Black Lotus or Power Nine sales so far in 2022 have come close to the astonishing $511,100 paid for a PSA 10 Gem Mint Alpha Black Lotus signed by designer-illustrator Christopher Rush at auction in January 2021 - the most paid for any Magic: The Gathering card

With a long Standard life until February 2028 and immediate adoption in Moderns Esper Blink decks, it has sustained demand from two major player bases

That makes Recoil one of those cards that has a hard time being bad until the point when your opponent has extra lands they can hold in their hand in order to discard them, at which point most decks that run Recoil are either using that as an excuse to crank up the discard engine or more likely happy enough to have survived this long that they don't care

As a nice way to break any stalls, the unblockable spirit tokens do need to watch out for sneaky spirits on opposing battlefields, but are otherwise a fine win condition