Even though Grixis Control is the most obvious home for Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh, I think the card is good enough to play elsewhere, as evidenced by my Temur-based Five-Color Planeswalkers deck from last weekend
Spider-Man and Avatar: The Last Airbender will be good litmus tests to see if pricey art cards were just a flash in the pan due to Final Fantasy s popularity, or if different fanbases will have the same desire to collect these little throw-ins
It can also be a great defensive tool, producing plenty of chump blockers if you keep a couple of Scute Swarm copies around to make more tokens
Remember that the average casting cost of spells in multiplayer is higher than that in duels
Final Fantasy has four Collector decks, and they are themed in terms of art, mechanics, and even which Final Fantasy game they are influenced by, and each of the decks has all new art, even for the reprints
Dismiss had already demonstrated the joy of counters that didn't cost a card, but Mystic Snake had the ability to become more than that