It used to be banned in Modern, but its playable now (and hasn't broken anything just yet)
Despite years of Commander player pleading for better card draw in White, Wizards of the Coast has stubbornly refused to do so, with Mark Rosewater straight up telling us over and over that White is supposed to be bad at drawing cards
The sacrifice package matters for the mid-to-late game, when attacking becomes less reliable
It was purple, with a mean-looking dragon looking back at me underneath a radical set name: Tempest
Today, were running out a horde of low-power creatures to back up Alesha, Who Smiles at Death as they careen full-tilt across the battlefield at your opponents
But looking at it objectively, the things that make Magic so good once youre already bought in the intricate depths of its mechanics, the self-expression of deckbuilding, the social connections it fosters are not necessarily positives when it comes to a first-time experience