A player's "opening hand" is the hand of cards the player has after all players have taken mulligans
While the creators may intend nothing other than the aesthetic resonance of the symbols, they nevertheless reiterate and repurpose them in ways that make statements with and about them
It won't save you from what is going on right now, just from what is coming ten or twenty turns down the line
Lost Thunder dropped in November 2018, and Zeraora was effectively the set mascot The Mythical Pokmon had only been officially revealed earlier that year, and the entire expansion was built around its debut
It doesn't break the mechanic by any means, but it has a place
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