You also get access to Manic Vandal, a way to destroy and keep your opponent's equipments at bay, with Batterskull and Sword of War and Peace being prevalent in the Azorius "Cawblade" decks of the time, which utilized Stoneforge Mystic and Squadron Hawk
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If your deck is trying to cast as many X spells as possible every turn, and wants X to be as much as possible, we probably want to prioritize ramp more highly than just 8 or 10 spells - in fact, I can see running 60 mana sources, like this Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire deck
The vibrant illustration was done by veteran Pokmon TCG artist kirisAki, who has been creating card artwork since the release of the Gen 5 Unova Pokmon Black and White games
From there, it really comes down to how serious your collection is
Which made it all the more jarring when I saw Dragonite give Ash a special delivery, and Ash doesn't even blink