What makes Solitude so powerful in Modern is that the format is slow enough and the lack of Wasteland means that youre usually hardcasting them instead of evoking them, which when you combine it with blink effects like the previously mentioned Ephemerate and Yorion, Sky Nomad, is an extremely potent card advantage engine
Orzhov Blink (6.2% of the Winner's Metagame) 4 Overlord of the Balemurk 4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd 4 Solitude 4 Witch Enchanter 4 Marsh Flats 4 Thoughtseize 4 Ketramose, the New Dawn 3 Emperor of Bones 3 Ephemerate 3 Fatal Push 3 Godless Shrine 3 Flickerwisp 3 Relic of Progenitus 2 Plains 2 Shadowy Backstreet 2 Bleachbone Verge 2 Prismatic Ending 2 Windswept Heath 1 Boggart Trawler 1 Swamp 1 Sacred Foundry 1 Arid Mesa 4 White Orchid Phantom 3 Wrath of the Skies 2 Drannith Magistrate 2 Vindicate 2 Aven Interrupter 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines 1 Orcish Bowmasters Orzhov Blink thrives on the potent synergy between Overlord of the Balemurk and Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
Basically, it was an award for being a really good Pokmon TCG player
They looked good, and felt like finding something of value
For this series, we are looking at the best cards from each individual game in the main series
- Chimil, the Inner Sun is a powerful new card
