During development, we learned that the black chocobo was a favorite of Nomura's as it was the fastest chocobo in the original FINAL FANTASY VII minigame
It takes what players assume are inherent rules of card design and breaks them in half
The inclusion of control elements gives the deck more strength in a longer game than a traditional combo might have, while the combo gives the control shell an explosive finish, making it harder for an opponent to top deck out of a losing situation
The biggest hits so far were an Avenger of Zendikar when I was ahead in lands of the player casting it, and a Dockside Extortionist that gave me enough treasure to cast Cyclonic Rift with my opponents Dockside trigger still on the stack
For these reasons, we have opted not to include them in this list
Between cards like Hardened Scales and other cards that have proliferate, I figured this would be a tool to use to not only utilize counters but abuse the ability as well
