Luckily, that trend began all the way back in Alpha , so Wizards has had plenty of time to develop the mechanic and put out some pretty sick twists on the classic Fork
Rare Candy is a huge culprit here: a player can now get a powerful Stage 2 monster on the field as early as turn three or four and begin a sweep that only a perfect hand can counter
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Where the standard art emphasizes power and dynamism, the Secret Rare alternate art features a more intimate, contemplative composition that shows Mewtwo and Mew together in a way that emphasizes their complicated genetic relationship rather than their combat abilities
Fork embodies this tendency in the same way that some of the other iconic cards of the format do - Chaos Orb, Timetwister, Shahrazad
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