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"The top card of your library" is "the top card of your library." "Put it into your hand" is "put it into your hand." The verb "lose" is "lose," so: "You lose life" is "you lose life." " equal to~ " is " equal to~ ," which we covered in #17
Every Commander deck wants more draw, and Shadow offers it in a fairly efficient package, with the Split Second potential thrown in as a nice bonus
I love powerful, format-defining removal like Grim Bounty, serviceable-but-unexciting removal like Tar Snare, and awkward removal like Certain Death
A colorless 3/4 for three is actually still on-curve today, although today, creatures with drawbacks like "sac a land if this leaves play" just don't show up in tournament Magic it's way too easy to get blown out and lose the game as a result