Cards like Mindcrank especially can turn opponent-on-opponent violence into something that plays into your gameplan easily
With only 20 total items across all six inks, Break is too narrow, but Beast is an auto-include, typically as a two-of in most steel decks, since he can take out White Rabbits Pocket Watch and Magic Mirror in the amethyst/ruby matchup and leave a 4/4 body behind
We could cross our fingers for a reprint, but perhaps a card this sort of broken should stay a little out of reach
I can understand where that complain comes from: in the past, Expanded has had some degenerate combos, and its not fun to play when, on your first turn of the game, your opponent has already set up a Vileplume (Ancient Origins) preventing you from playing Item cards, or used some combination of cards to make you discard all your hand
Due to their rarity and iconic status the Power 9 cards command huge prices
This is among the best in the world