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October 8, 2018 11:13 a.m

#2 - Sting, the Glinting Dagger Number of Trades: 6 --- Number of Cards Traded: 9 Diverting from the world of instants and sorceries, our penultimate pick for the week is also our most recent card to be printed: Sting, the Glinting Dagger

Whereas the original three starter decks had a rock-paper-scissors dynamic, these two feel more evenly matched, which makes them great for casual play

These are what players tend to call "rare bombs," cards that allow the person who cast them to have a huge advantage toward winning the game

Exalted Sunborn is also a card good at many stages of the game, and though not quite the powerhouse that Elspeth is, the warp ability allowing it to come down early to boost your velocity or come down for cheap later in a multi spell turn makes token doubling easier than ever

In fact, this is a perfect example of what the Reserve List is doing