They're the cards people usually slow-roll to the back of the pack, hoping for something that either wins games, upgrades a deck, or at least pays for your $6.00 hotdog at most sanctioned events
It wasn't the fact that they just started - they actually were in it a little bit longer than people have known - it's just that it started to go viral. The last time Pokmon cards saw such a significant rise in interest was in the wake of Pokmon Go, the hugely popular mobile app that became the summer phenomenon of 2016
We've added two Amethyst/Ruby staples in Friends on the Other Side and Brawl, which are inexpensive but invaluable tools that practically every deck in this archetype should use
The ability had already triggered, so what happens to that noncreature spell now is irrelevant
Gaea's Cradle taps for 1 green mana for each creature you control, which is why it shows up in Commander creature piles and Legacy Elves-style decks that flood the board
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