Thankfully, this unusual promotion didnt break the rules of the Reserved List, as Wizards didnt print any new cards
Its +1 can be card advantage instead of filtration, and its second ability pressures planeswalkers and enables the first
Arwen, Weaver of Hope As a welcome recipient of +1/+1 counters and a means to spread them to other creatures, Arwen, Weaver of Hope earns a mention
When you can just start taking stuff your opponents discard, and add edicts to take stuff they sacrifice, even a simple card like Smallpox can end games
We thought Commander was the right goal for a character this popular, so we gave him a three-color color identity and an ability that helped an opponent, which plays better in multiplayer than in two-player games
If the creature is not on the battlefield when the ability resolves, it does damage equal to the power of the creature right before it left the battlefield