With both the Affinity and Caw Blade bannings, Wizards ' primary motivator was falling attendance, and if Standard attendance is currently dropping, it's not impossible that Wizards would ban something in an attempt to improve attendance and get more players back to their local gaming stores
Will your opponent return the favor and continue to choose violence, or is there a player in your pod with enough discipline to hang onto Starke for more than one turn cycle
It's all about balancing protection and personal flair
Each Spirit token can enter attacking a different player, planeswalker, or battle, and they don't need to be the same player, planeswalker, or battle that the equipped creature is attacking
However, this change did not carry over to Core Booster sets until the Japanese release of Secrets of Eternity in November 2014
What competitive formats is Opt played in