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This is an important card and one that is always in demand, and provides your commander or an important creature in your deck both Haste and Shroud

Control is strong in both popular formats and many people are already card-carrying Azorius Control players

In the late game, if the life loss from the upkeep trigger starts to become a liability, you can use the Bearer as a chump-blocker or shrink it away using a Blight cost to save your life total

The life lost from this spell will rarely matter, too

They both have two evergreen abilities and they both help you cast cards for an alternative cost

For now at least, that's the highest anyone has ever paid for a single Magic card.