Kill their small things, steal their big things, attack their planeswalkers to death all the while growing into a bigger scarier harder to kill threat
The only reason this is not an auto include card is that it isn't a threat
Together, they show almost every major side of blue, from alternate win conditions and hand filtering to top-deck setup, life-based value engines, modern board pressure, and the kind of control strategy that can shape an entire format
Guaranteed Value Floor At a box price of ~$183 (EN) or 5,800 (JPN, ~$38), the JPN box offers a significantly better value equation the baseline SR value alone covers a substantial portion of the JPN box cost
Players could cast two powerful spells for free and then use their mana on their cards' activated abilities to get maximum value from their cards
MTGA typically preps you for rotation by no longer handing out ICRs or hosting events of sets that are about to rotate out