history pokemon cards A complete visual of Pokémon holo patterns, courtesy of @sleevenocardbehind. A few bits of trivia from Round 1: 🌟 “Fireworks” was the TCG's first-ever reverse holo, inspired by Magic: The Gathering A Rare Piece of Pokémon

Take my Fumiko the Lowblood deck in Commander

Gray Merchant of Asphodel forces your opponents to lose X life, equal to your devotion to black, and then you gain the total amount of life lost

Nurturing Peatland seems like it will sneak a couple of copies into something like Golgari or Jund, but there is potential for a Knight of the Reliquary-style deck to pop up and use this card

That said, I still think that the mechanic could work well in future sets, and I think a card like Frontline Medic proves that

Really supercharges all of those 3/3's

However, I contend this focus on the frenzy has a massive cost: the regular players