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The Dimir cards are more popularly played than the mono-colored ninja commanders because of their access to removal spells in black and card draw in blue

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This card's value is high due to a few factors

Reasons listed in the article for why a card should have the acorn security stamp (or what would have been considered silver-border only) include: Cards that dont work within the black-border rules An element of cards matter that black border doesnt reference (flavor text, as an example) Cards that require interacting with people outside the game Cards that require a physical or vocal component Cards that reference a state external to the game (are they able to see something from their seat, for instance) Cards with some effects that just dont feel right in black border By marking each card in the set with either an acorn or the typical oval security stamp, WotC was able to make the set black border and offer up cards for Commander players (along with fans of Vintage and Legacy) while conveying some of the cards can only be played casually