and the crisp and clean colours of the stained-glass window itself compared to the rudimentary and dirty Chaos iconography imprinted at the bottom
Where its likely to suffer the most is in protracted battles with Ruby Decks that can clear your hard work with Be Prepared, or against Steel decks that can obliterate your characters more easily than you can theirs.
While everyone was fixated on Red cards and Izzet synergies, Cecil was quietly doing work in black that had their blueprints already set even before 2024s Standard rotation
There are exceptions for supplementary, reprint, or collector sets, which can come with two to four depending on the set and style
The mana requirements are shaky, but cards like Starting Town, Concealed Courtyard and Godless Shrine, help immensely with fixing
It just makes you feel safe, if they try and smack you in the face you can say no and if they don't you can spend your mana and dig for action or land drops