Collectors werent bidding on cards they could see but on the tantalizing possibility of pulling a trinity of holographic legends: Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur
It affects: How a deck feels when you shuffle, cut, and fan it out on the table How long your cards last before edges start to fuzz How easy it is to spot marked or warped cards in a high-stakes game How easy it is for judges and players to trust that a deck of real cards behaves as it should When Wizards chooses stock, coatings, and printers, theyre balancing print quality, manufacturing cost, and how the cards hold up in the real world
Here she starts with a lower loyalty but she can +1 a fat 3/3 as soon as she arrives with a cool counter and she can -2 on arrival (or later) to net a free creature from your library each time you cast a creature
Its always fun to see what kind of ridiculous counters they come up with (Azor's Elocutors), so Im intrigued by anything that incentivizes you to diversify your counter types
Pulling packs is the hook, while battles are almost treated as a minigame