When Shahrazad is played, players take their decks and start playing a subgame
-1/-1 counter themes are incredibly rare and, thanks to cards like Devoted Druid, as well as mechanics like Persist, finding ways to abuse them can easily lead to broken combos
The removable partitions allow the cells to become large enough to hold double-sized cards, such as Planechase planes or Vanguard character cards
While there have been many cool Birthing Pod decks at various points, the final nail in the coffin was Erik Peterss Grand Prix Omaha 2015 list, one of many big GP finishes for Pod near the end of its Modern Career: Creatures (29) 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Eternal Witness 3 Wall of Roots 1 Orzhov Pontiff 1 Shriekmaw 1 Reveillark 3 Kitchen Finks 1 Murderous Redcap 2 Noble Hierarch 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 1 Scavenging Ooze 2 Restoration Angel 1 Sin Collector 3 Voice of Resurgence 1 Reclamation Sage 3 Siege Rhino Lands (23) Spells (8) While some Pod decks focused on assembling intricate combos, this build is a great example of the value approach, primarily focusing on exploiting enters-the-battlefield and death triggers while making extremely good use of the toolbox Birthing Pod enables
Objectively this card seems strong but in practice it feels horrible
With them, every enchantment replaces itself (or better)
