Given how low the supply is for all of the Final Fantasy surge foil cards, any spike in demand could send prices skyrocketing
The kill potential of Rude Awakening is substantially lower than a Craterhoof
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Counter-doubling effects like Hardened Scales make this even stronger, while artifact synergies keep the engine running
While on the bad guy's side of the struggle, there's a terrifying black reprint, Phyrexian Obliterator
And of course this year, the company announced it would no longer commission work from Noah Bradley owing to reports of his sexually inappropriate behavior (but cards containing his previously commissioned art will still be released)