Instead of drawing an extra card, Acidic Slime takes out both an opposing artifact or enchantment as well as a creature, something known in Magic as a two-for-one. The end result is the same you have one more card than your opponent but you get there in a slightly more aggressive fashion
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When Putrid Goblin goes to the graveyard, it will come back into play with a 1/1 counter thanks to persist
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Still, you will end up playing enough artifacts in general that Myr RetrieverMyr Retriever will be worth it, guaranteed
Balance | Illustration by Kev Walker Whenever Wizards issues errata that changes the function of how a card works, it's known as rebalancing or functional errata. This is usually a pretty big step in terms of changes and doesnt happen very often