This issue was made worse by the fact that so many cards were focused on the racers, many of which were from brand-new settings
Interrupts If you weren't aware, interrupts were a card type that was supposed to resolve before anything else on the batch, a precursor to Magic's stack
This constant lifegain sustains the player past the early game and empowers creatures like Ajani's Pridemate and Serra Ascendant
This set is full of robust Modern staples that are far more resilient than average, but at the same time, the cards in here are going to drop in price once packs of Ultimate Masters start hitting shelves
If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something or "equal to the number" of something, that life is gained as one event and Leyline of Hope's second ability applies only once
Do note, though, that Welcome Decks are not Standard legal as they contain cards from across Magic 's history