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Mark Rosewater (June 26, 2024)

This plan would be expensive, unpopular, and ineffective

NOTE: Most ally creatures get stronger as long as you have a steady trickle of them entering the battlefield

A tiny part of the impact of Invoke Despair was that it prevented decks with one key enchantment from happening, for example Arcane Bombardment

One advantage skeletons have over Viashino is how recent sets seem to be upping the synergy-factor, with cards like Skeletal Swarming, Case of the Stashed Skeleton, and Skeleton Crew directly adding to the cause

Crescendo of War allows your opponents to continuously beat into each other, and dissuades them from attacking you since your creatures are bigger too Finally, Dawn Charm is sort of a catch all, with everything from a fog effect, to creature regeneration, to a white avoid fate