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It remains to be seen whether a Gruul shell can abuse this trick to the same effect as its blue cousins

Lets look at a decklist, shall we

Mathas, Fiend Seeker [Vampire]: Another non-flyer

Playing the exiled cards will make you Treasure tokens, and if there are any left over by the end of the turn, you will still get mana by creating those Spawns

Of course, the dream is to hit a Carnosaur out of an Etali trigger, but at worst you can count on the former ability to kill pesky little creatures or planeswalkers by discarding it from your hand, which comes very handy when youre playing around counterspells other than Stifle