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Ways to pump your unblockable creatures are also excellent

Unlike many graveyard mechanics that are watered down in Limited to not break Constructed, Escape was relevant in both

GS PSA 10 Rayquaza has multiple folks I personally know who will shell out at least $6k for it no problem right nowGS PSA 10 Charizard is anywhere from $4-5k at the moment, would be on par probably if the pop count werent significantly higher than Ray (28 vs 45 pop is fairly significant when it comes to English Gold Stars)

Vein Ripper could just fill the same role in Murders of Karlov Manor and beyond

Its most popular in Pioneer, but still sees plenty of play in Modern

Those feelings are incredibly hard to replicate, but its what Wizards was able to achieve here, and I for one hope its successful enough that they do it again somewhere down the road