Although the design of Shiny Charizard has varied over the years, this version is among the most interesting, as it features a completely different style than the many other versions that attempted to create their own dark dragon
It's one of the best win conditions for the deck, making it trivial to win through combat damage with how many powerful Rats will be on the battlefield
Grasping Dunes design was simply us taking the elements of the original Desert and tweaking them to play better
Let's hope he puts up a fight, not looking good so far
The cool part about doing this right after our switch to three-year Standard is that the format becomes large enough now that players will have a lot of freedom about what cards and what styles of decks appeal to them
Throughout its 17-year history, Magic: The Gathering has maintained a consistent "duel" mentality where each player pretty much is out to win everything for him or herself and everyone has an equal footing