These sets are either very strong multicolor sets (Invasion/Planeshift, Khans of Tarkir, Return to Ravnica/Gatecrash, Shadowmoor), sets with great removal at common/uncommon (M11, Conspiracy/Conspiracy: Take the Crown) or strong colorless or colored cards that can reward any draft (Mirrodin/Darksteel and Theros)
Hypnotize and Improvize are two actions that replace themselves, while Strike a Good Match, Tinker Bell, Pongo, and Lucky all give you card draw while also allowing you to filter your deck and select the optimum card for each situation
100% metagame dominance would mean every single deck played four copies of a given card
And if you trade up for a big force that's a win for you as you'll end a massive threat and then you'll net the death trigger
Amped Raptor People used to build entire decks around the idea of floating Burning-Tree Emissary into extra copies of itself, and Amped Raptor takes that up a notch
Last updated on March 30, 2026 Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients | Illustration by Svetlin Velinov Its time to revisit a key characteristic of the first Ixalan block, the mechanic enrage
