mtg defensive cards Defense of the Heart | Proxy Card if an opponent controls three or more creatures Defense of the Heart (FOIL)

You cant use it to pay for Mana Leak costs or the like

The goal was to create a booster that had a path that you went through as you opened it

The major fall set release (late September) is like MTGs New Year, often seeing peak Standard format prices due to excitement over new strategies

Pitiless Carnage is among the more interesting cards that are cheaper to plot than to cast, largely because this shape of the card encourages you to play it in the way where it will be most powerful in practice

Personally, I play this card in Commander decks that care about manipulating the top of my deck

We saw a similar trend with Myrel, Shield of Argive when it hit its own price ceiling