And scalpers immediately saw an opportunity
You must ensure that your face-down spells and permanents can easily be differentiated from each other
It offers a lot of value for multiple different reasons, and even presents itself as a decent flier on rate in the scenario where your opponents dont have any activated abilities to take advantage of
I havent seen the red stripes specifically on Base Set packs before, but heres an example of an older pack with the same red stripe: image14401800 314 KB I have seen them on modern packs as well and even own one myself
But then for the Merfolk deck, Explorers of the Deep, Wizards of the Coast has snubbed Hakbal of the Surging Soul, and thrown in the friendly-faced Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood instead
When you have too many cards in your hand, make use of spare Event cards such as "OP11-060 Let's Crash This Wedding!!!" by trashing them for Nami's [On Your Opponent's Attack] effect, similar to a Counter, allowing you to keep your hand size below 7 to activate your Leader effect