If this was a permanent, the opponent would have no chance against you if you were doing an
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stall with Animated Arsenics and these cards. As a spell, however, it matches Poison/Deadly Poison in decks that have a surplus of
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quanta, and it makes it redundant with the theme of
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/poisoning.
More importantly, I'm kind of bored of 'Poison' cards. Purify is finally getting a change to make it used more in decks, but also adding more poison mechanics doesn't mean that Purify is going to be seen in everyone's hands for free healing.
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