pokemon card serena SR – BanzaiHobby Discard up to 3 cards from your hand Serena 2022 Pokemon Japanese S11a

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Lightning Bolt was especially important at PT 1, as it was the best clean answer to Black Knight, Order of the Ebon Hand, White Knight, Order of Leitbur, and so on (since both Swords to Plowshares and Terror had giant weaknesses)

You dont see the card in constructed formats since its a bit slow, but offers plenty of upside for Commander formats

Its a fun throwback, and its a very strong effect on an Uncommon

We're also going to lean slightly into Nadaar being a Knight

Or, in other words, youre adding four mana to the cost of one of your spells to fix your mana for that spell