It's more satisfying to have all the various Pirate characters working together and then pull out a card like "Moana, Kakamora Leader" , than attempt to synergize the Inventor and item cards in the Emerald/Sapphire deck
The archetypes which want those kinds of cards are red-white, green-white, black-red, and (to some degree) green red
Yeah Im into it, even just in a Ninjas deck
The card draw at the end step is like a mic drop to show it's hands down one of the best white cards in the game
Ponder As we move closer to #1, we'll start bumping into spells strong enough to be banned or restricted in certain formats
The combination of limited-edition direct-sales product line and non-fantasy outside IP touched a lot of nerves, but the really big precedent was the decision to print these as mechanically unique, tournament-legal cards ensuring that Rick, Steadfast Leader would soon go down in history as an unlikely staple of tournament Magic