For players who frequent the same playgroups with the same decks week after week, introducing lock cards which target only one deck at the table will inevitably be taken as personal, even if just within the politics of threat assessment. Sleeving up these sorts of cards can feel like the start of a spiteful arms race, where players without the resources to change commanders regularly are sitting ducks against spells never balanced for main-decking against known opposition
The decks definitely have a sense of flavor over function even though theyre functionally well crafted, their flavor shines a lot since theyre set-themed
Most decks produce the mana they need by playing and then tapping land cards, although there are many more esoteric ways to generate it
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Foul Emissary 2G Creature Human Horror 1/1 When Foul Emissary enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library
On January 20, 2023, a final bonus set of this era, Crown Zenith, was released with iconic cards like Giratina and Arceus VSTAR Secret Rares
