For the sake of simplicity, think of a set as being split in five colors (yes, there are colorless cards, but let's ignore them for this example)
Why Wizards of the Coast Is Making Digital-Only Magic Cards Speaking with Magic: The Gatherings Vice President of Design Aaron Forsythe and MTG Arenas Game Director Jay Parker last week, it became clear to me that WotC is using Jumpstart: Historic Horizons to take some confident but measured first steps toward whats possible for Magic digitally
This is a reasonable protection card that I will welcome trying to work around when I see it
It is one of my favourite mechanics so I cram it in where I can but in practice this is not able to compete as a stand alone module and is just there to support +1/+1 counters, infect, energy, and a few other bits and bobs
Thats some incredible card advantage for aggro decks
is currently the only major payoff for item decks