Those days look to be behind us with Day of Judgement returning to Standard, providing a hugely important piece to control decks, allowing a reset of the game that can often be a three, four, or five-for-one (or more!)
Mike came down to my place at the agreed upon time, looked through each of my boxes to see what I had, gave me what I considered to be a fair offer, wrote the check and hauled away all the boxes
At MagicCon, we took a first look at the set: now, you can get your players ready to freerun through ancient locales with their favorite Assassinsthe past is theirs to explore
It may not seem like much, but having a single card force a Wrath of God or hold back an early Red aggro start was a huge deal when Green decks were trying to beat Counterspell and Fact or Fiction
When the meld ability is just gravy, its easy to justify featuring both cards in a Cube
Ok, it was very meta-defining