Because synergies require interactions between multiple cards, theyre inherently riskier than a card whose power is mostly produced by raw rate
Role Reversal and Shifting Loyalties were meant to capture the character arcs of enemy-turned-friends and betrayals seen throughout the show
The structure of the card remains the sametheres a name, mana cost, type line, text box, etc.but the art draws on that dramatic, sometimes playful, vibe you might see in a fantasy anime
If proliferating is something your deck wants to do, consider it a slow mana rock that gives you a one-time burst of counters
Making it orange and brown into a White Phyrexian-aligned card is a neat deviation from the norm when we saw White porcelain and Red for all of Elesh Norn's faction
Not only does it fix our tapped land problem and ramp us, but it also actually supercharges the deck by making it at least a turn (and often multiple turns) faster than it was a month ago