But as Pioneer's own card pool grows larger, Standard cards have a harder time shining there once they rotate
With the cards being so far exclusive to GenCon, and releasing at future Magic Cons (plus Festival in a Box), MTG players are relying on lucky convention attendees to scope out all the reveals and reprints from this thoroughly unexpected bonus set
If Prosper, Tome-BoundProsper, Tome-Bound is leading your deck, you'd probably want more impulse-basedimpulse-based "card draw"
The secret to drafting it was discipline you really only needed Spider Spawning, potent self-mill like Armored Skaab or Mulch, and 10-12 creatures
The promised gift from a permanent is given when the card enters, while the promised gift from an instant or sorcery is given as the spell resolves
For context on just how under the radar Brainstorm was, heres the eventual champion and shortlist Hall of Fame candidate, Justin Garys U/R list from that same event: Creatures (12) Lands (22) Spells (26) 2 Nevinyrral's Disk 4 Counterspell 4 Dissipate 4 Force of Will 3 Earthquake 3 Disintegrate 2 Incinerate 2 Serrated Arrows 2 Binding Grasp Sideboard Super rad deck, to be sure, but definitely could have benefited from a playset of Brainstorms
