In attrition matchups, the Mutate deck is capable of rebuilding from very few resources
Plus, new players who complete the how to play tutorial are greeted with a whole stack of reward packs to crack open from the last couple of years' worth of sets (plus a selection of variant land cards to use)
The set also introduced some new mechanics, such as energy manipulation and the first use of only four energy types instead of previous sets, which used five or more different energy types
This is especially crucial if you are hunting for rare cards, which will be hoarded by collectors and speculators in the weeks and months after release, leading to exorbitant prices
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Medium-sized midrange ground creatures frankly aren't that exciting, and enablers like Drover of the Mighty and Otepec Huntmaster were too fragile to make much of a difference