Getting to dig for an artifact or enchantment and bringing it in with a shield counter is nice, and similarly, putting perma-buffs on your creatures or Commander is good too
There are no foil versions of many older cards, such as Sliver Queen
This card was released in the original Portal set from 1997 and features some stupendous art from Kev Walker
The Takeaway In a year where the viability of White has been questioned intensely, and a year where weve been given a continual dialogue as to why or why not certain design spaces will or (more often) wont be explored, its useful to look at whats worked and see if we can perhaps scry the future
Its pivotal to have a sound and established board before the first Stasis hits the table, and the Stasis mana base should be built to enable that
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph Illustration by Aaron J