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They also create intrigue in the way they're built - after having done some research, I think there's obvious upgrades for both that aren't too hard to find

These were inserted into packs at a very low rate (e.g., roughly 1 in 144 packs)

This means you could play Mutagen Man for a theoretical cost of two green plus five, and you'll generate five mutagen tokens that you can instantly sacrifice for free to give target creatures a +1/+1 counter

While the breadth of Modern discard makes this less of a problem, there are still matchups where Thoughtseize isn't very good, such as against decks like Dredge that want cards in their graveyard or against Burn, where the damage you take is relevant