If we go down this path every two months and rearrange all the pieces of a system that has been overall quite successful thus far, it's going to erode people's ability to learn the system properly
Our second example is Topiary Stomper: More than 74,000 decks have listed this card, which is more than Id prefer for something like this but thats still a mere 4% of decks that have been put online since it was released
expires July 1, 2026 Decklists Up and Away (White-Blue) Deck: Creatures (23) 1 Welcoming Vampire (Rare) 1 Extraction Specialist (Rare) 1 Dreamshackle Geist (Rare) 1 Hullbreaker Horror (Rare) Instants (7) Sorceries (1) 1 Consuming Tide (Rare) Artifacts (2) Lands (27) Earth Shakers (Red-Green) Deck: Creatures (24) 1 Thundering Raiju (Rare) 1 Ascendant Packleader (Rare) 1 Creepy Puppeteer (Rare) 1 Topiary Stomper (Rare) Instants (8) 3 Abrade Enchantments (1) 1 Glorious Sunrise (Rare)
(6/6/2025) When two cards (for example, Fang, Fearless l'Cie and Vanille, Cheerful l'Cie) are melded, the result is a single permanent (in this case, Ragnarok, Divine Deliverance) that's represented by two cards
Yet again, you can get alt art cards in things other than rare, so seeing some stunning uncommons in alt art is an absolute treat
They add absurd amounts of strength to flipping up face-down creatures, especially Printlifter Ooze, whom Ive seen create six 10/10s in a single end step