These new cards from The Lord of The Rings: Tales of Middle-earth , which have been adopted in a variety of decks, are even more popular than long-time format staples like Fury, Chalice of the Void, Misty Rainforest, and Force of Negation
Its also worth noting that some decks are difficult or even impossible to play on MTGO, such as Life or Aluren
This was such a devastating strategy that the succeeding banlist had to target the already expensive cards, making the key monsters R1
This is because Pokemon regained legal control of Kadabra, who was embroiled in a lawsuit for 20 years
I have never played professionally but even in casual constructed, things are a lot more polar as you pointed out
The good news is that there are now a bunch of different ways to reward you for discarding cards