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There are lots of mana dorks in this set, so playing it on turn 3 seems very doable, at which point it accelerates you so much that you might just overwhelm your opponent before they know whats happening

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines pushes it to the next level with doubled ETB effects while shutting down the opponents' own ETB effects

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Famous locations in Tolkiens IP will be appearing across the set, with The Shire being a fantastic introduction

All signets and talismans that match his color identity should be in there, along with the standard Arcane Signet, Commander's Sphere, and Sol Ring

This will play well in cubes across the board, it will just not see enough play or impact drafts enough positively to be a card I want to run