In some areas, its necessary to keep a large collection because there isnt anywhere locally that sells a lot of singles this is the case where I live, so we tend to keep hold of four of all our commons and uncommons so so that we can change Standard decks without having to buy a lot of cards online
The former could hit cards like Birthing Pod, Cryptic Command and Splinter Twin all of which were important, but the latter was better versus Burn and Zoo, and also back then manabases were a lot more painful as decks were more reliant on Shocklands, which meant a turn one Thoughtseize commonly saw you at 15 life from the get-go
It's actually one of the first published locations for the Forgotten Realms (it was featured in a novel shortly before that world's full introduction in 1987), and ended up being part of an extensive retcon that incorporated other settings into the Sword Coast
The spread of what you can expect is as follows: 6 Common Rarity Cards 3 Uncommon Rarity Cards 1 Rare Rarity Card Each pack is also guaranteed to have one Reverse Holo card, though there are no limits to it always being a rare card or whether you might get a Reverse Holo common card
You couldnt sleeve up a new deck for your local game store night or booting up Arena without knowing youd be playing against the Viven Cauldron deck at least three times
Commanding Conclusion Gollum, Patient Plotter | Illustration by Lorenzo Mastroianni If youre looking for a completely optimized competitive deck, Ill admit that this isnt it
