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All that, and weve not even touched on the dice rolling synergy and myriad tribal cards in the set like Hobgoblin Bandit Lord, Plundering Barbarian and Acererak (better with Rooftop Storm!)

Closing Out the Year There are a couple themes that this list expresses: firstly, this was a year dominated by Lord of the Rings

Clive, while not as wordy as Terra, is still incredibly complex

Pride Sovereign Pride Sovereign starts out as a puny 2/2, but this card has the power to go big if left unchecked

Some are applicable in all forms of play, while others are restricted to specific types of games

While this may present a challenge in decks that may or may not have too many characters in the discard, thanks to card like Be Prepared you are basically guaranteed to have characters in your discard at a certain point of the game