The idea of card advantage is the entire premise that control decks are built on
There's no way that Venom, King in Black costs more than $15 based on playability alone, though the art here is amazing , and Venom surely has a ton of fans who will pay a premium to collect it
Then turn 3 drop a Reality Smasher and BOOM, your Eldrazi mimics are now 5/5s
Toxic 1s reminder text reads, Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter. This all but confirms the return of poison counters returning to Magic, but hints that Infect and Poisonous, two similar abilities will not
Unless were playing Magic
They dont show up in premier sets as often either, so theres only so much support moving forwards and backwards