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For this reason, I feel like Sneak Attack is better as a starting point for building a competitive but unique EDH deck

So why is it that Mystic Confluence succeeds where Izzet Charm fails when the former is very much like a scaled up version of the latter

Feels like the answer to all of these is no

On the contrary, theyre an essential part of cEDH and Vintage, as well as other Constructed formats that support some of the cheaper versions

Once the new Core Constructed format takes hold, only Sets 9 through 13 stay legal, including Fabled, Whispers in the Well, Winterspell, Wilds Unknown, and Attack of the Vine