Rare Candy is a huge culprit here: a player can now get a powerful Stage 2 monster on the field as early as turn three or four and begin a sweep that only a perfect hand can counter
You can also pitch it to Solitude when its back in your hand or discard it to your benefit with another effect
Just think how many lands Oblivion Sower gets if youve tapped the Thief a couple of times
Luckily, that trend began all the way back in Alpha , so Wizards has had plenty of time to develop the mechanic and put out some pretty sick twists on the classic Fork
Where the standard art emphasizes power and dynamism, the Secret Rare alternate art features a more intimate, contemplative composition that shows Mewtwo and Mew together in a way that emphasizes their complicated genetic relationship rather than their combat abilities
Armied and Dangerous Fall of Cair Andros | Illustration by Shahab Alizadeh Turns out I hired all these larpers for nothing, eh