But in terms of the card itself, whats so special about it in-game
Faerie decks benefited from cost-efficient flying attackers, strong disruption spells to slow down the opponent, and bomb rares like Bitterblossom and Vendilion Clique that secured Faeries' position at the top
As weve learned, play boosters will contain more rare/mythic cards than its progenitor in draft boosters, and as a result, Limited formats utilizing play boosters might see more bombs circling the table in Draft or demanding to be built around in Sealed
Indeed, its this reliance on items that has caused most decks to run at least one or two cards capable of banishing items that are in play
But the metagame in both Constructed and Commander has been shifting to focus more and more on lock cards and static abilities over time, as a consequence of both power and tempo creep
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