>couple weeks ago
>pulled apart my deck with my arcane denial in it a while back
>go looking for my arcane denial because I'm building a new blue deck
>not in my blue box
>not in my decks
>not mixed in with my unsorted piles
>friend asks if I even own a copy
>pull up my old online decklists to prove it
>it's not in any of them
>i somehow tricked myself into believing I owned a copy of arcane denial even though I didn't
>today
>go looking for my blossoming defense because I'm building a deck that wants the effect
>not in my green box
>not in my decks
>not mixed in with my unsorted piles
>vividly remember owning one, with the elf and the buckler and the effects and everything
>obviously i own one, it's the only reason I know the piece of shit usually useless card even exists
>vividly remember looking at the card years ago thinking it was useless draft chaff, included it in a bulk bin deck at the time and hadn't thought about it since
>friend asks if I even own a copy because he remembers the arcane denial incident
>haw haw you fucking faggot I can prove I own one because I know exactly where I got it: one came in the 2022 standard starter decks, the gruul one specifically with the thundering raiju
>pull up the official decklist to prove it
>it's not in it
>i somehow tricked myself into believing I owned a copy of blossoming defense even though I didn't, right down to the exact package i got the card from