Last updated on December 22, 2025 Battle Brawler (Fate Reforged) | Illustration by Karl Kopinski Arena's Standard Brawl format is constantly changing, from the effects of Standard rotation to internal meta shifts
A prime example is Emet-Selch, a popular villain from "Final Fantasy XIV." As a basic looter, his card evolves into Hades, a strong figure that enables players to play cards from their graveyardif they can get 14 cards into their graveyard first (a nice wink at Final Fantasy XIV)
We'll see it again next summer when we release Modern Horizons 3
While it does die to a lot of popular removal spells, the ward at least makes it pretty annoying for our opponent to kill, and by the mid game it's pretty easy for Dragonfly Swarm to be something like a 5/3 flier for three, and later it can climb to 10 or more power, letting us close out the game in just a couple of attacks
Some are notoriously hard to find, others may be in less-than-ideal condition, and many might not fit into your specific collection needs
Something about a creature that turned into a Millstone seemed very cool to me
