Treasure Cup Queen (US$1,800) First released as part of the Animal Kingdom Pirates [ST-04] starter deck, this Queen card was already a significant part of the metagame even before this alternate art version was awarded as a tournament prize
When synthesizing this list, I was looking at cards that are asymmetrical in their effect, hard to interact with, or have little ways to remove or stop them
And until next time may you not sink your life savings into P3K cards
It doesnt hurt that Pharika does a pretty good job carrying a Sword for Commander damage beatdown, if you can wake her up
But Strategic Betrayal is still a fine card
Its core strategy revolves around accelerating mana production, controlling the board with powerful threats, and using recursion effects to keep pressure on opponents