mtg lizard commander deck Lizard, Connors's Curse | Marvel's Spider-Man Lizards | EDHREC

Thought Monitor | Illustration by Martina Pilcerova Affinity for artifacts is a simple mechanic

Countering anything with mana value one or less hits everything from Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer to Thoughtseize to Living End to pretty much the entire Hammer Time deck

Its still stupidly expensive, but all of the effects are useful

A bit more mundane than the scores of horrors and demons we've just gone through in both Black and Blue, but I do like the idea of a giant grinning snake-hallucination with hands tormenting someone and screwing over their head

Expressive Iterations a groan test card, one that you least want to see on the opposite side of an attrition-based battle

This massive change was made after the set had been designed, so there's a chance that some exceptionally powerful cards could make it into Standard