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* [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=600 Black Lotus] is the Holy Grail of Magic cards; a genuine Black Lotus costs at least as much as a (well) used car these days<ref>someone offered 80,000 dollars for the only black lotus to receive a perfect 10 on authenticity, it's the only black lotus to get that high from that rating agency</ref>, and with good reason; three mana of any colour you like for nothing is powerful. It's so powerful [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=194975 a card that does exactly one third of what Black Lotus does] had to be banned. It's so powerful [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=3255 a version that requires you to throw your entire hand away in order to use it] had to be banned. It's so powerful that even [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=114904 a version that requires you to wait three turns before you use it] was a major component in a World Championship deck. Wizards have more or less given up on trying to release a "balanced" Black Lotus.