Mass land destruction, usually has effects that punish everyone equally
It balances a genuinely cute subject against dynamic composition, and it has very little competition in its lane inside this set
Similar to the guardian's alliance (4), it is possible to support the entire investigator, including themselves, to play without action, and there is a limit that each investigator is limited to one card, no resource discount function, and only a card with a cost condition can be played
I didn't want to bother with a Skullclamp or Mind's Eye and I didn't want to pester my tablemates by constantly asking if they wanted to pay for my Rhystic Study triggers
[2] [3] [4] [5] in Japan in Asian-English on August 8, 2002
As so often happens after a mahoosive spike like this, it currently looks to be sinking back down a little, so do not go out and buy 50 copies now in the hopes of turning a profit