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Looking at the current metagame, it seems that Modern is moving away from broadly useful cards, and leaning into sideboard haymakers

Even though these exist, its still nice to have more redundancy in this effect, especially if you find yourself facing down reanimator strategies frequently

If the creature becomes a 4/4 Shark and then the cracks become completely covered later in the turn, the creature won't spontaneously become an 8/8 Octopus

For example, in the Sword & Shield sets which were released from 2020-2023 cards featured a similar type-based pattern to the Scarlet & Violet sets, albeit with a striped pattern of chevrons that each contained the Pokemons type symbol

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Hunting Pack creates a 4/4 green Beast and that quickly turns into a full pack