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Number 65 Language English Legal Formats Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage Not Legal Formats Alchemy, Brawl, Competitive Brawl, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard, Timeless Rulings (7/1/2012) Battle of Wits has an "intervening 'if' clause." This means that if you don't have 200 or more cards in your library at the beginning of your upkeep, the ability won't trigger
So four colorless mana for a 2/2 and a land is already ahead of the value curve by dodging a color restriction, and then it has the possibility of doing some damage, preventing some damage, and drawing another card when it dies
2013-04-15 You can choose the same object as the target of each half of a fused split spell, if appropriate.