But we're not just making a list of the best fast mana cards from every year
The fantasy card game company said in its statement on the card changes that it, too, has been prompted to "examine ourselves," and that caused the banning of the cards
Being able to tap or untap any permanent (not just creature) whenever you cast a Merfolk can turn all of your pesky little 1/1s into annoying threats that can thwart a foe's mana base, tap down their best creatures or double up your mana production
First and foremost, emerge is one of the most flavorful mechanics that Wizards has created in years
Even if you have a two-mana legendary creature, this means you need seven mana to play it and also cast your legendary sorcery in the same turn, and many of the best legendary creatures and planeswalkers are four, five, or six mana, which means it will be all but impossible to play two cards in the same turn outside of the very, very late game
A real classic example of this is Shining Gyarados