If you were going to put a second lord in the block, why Centaurs instead of some other creature type
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A graded 10 copy was sold for $4,644 back in late 2022, and in the current 2026 market, graded 9 copies are already reaching $1,544
In fact, I could even imagine us more fully embracing the card and actually leaning into Emrakul, the Promised End and Scour the Laboratory: Creatures (4) Planeswalkers (5) Lands (26) Spells (25) It really doesnt take much, though this version still has the same glaring lack of a sweeper
I firmly believe that addition of stirrings gives you a 50-50 matchup against Mardu Game 1 because they have an extremely difficult time beating an Etched Champion if you can resolve it through their discard spells, and Stirrings gives you a greater chance of topdecking Etched Champion
Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon has 3000 ATK just like the original "engine of destruction," but is also protected by an effect that makes it hard to take down