In tone and content, Id describe Gem Blenders flavor text as somewhere between fun fact and loading screen tip
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Herd Heirloom Im rating Herd Heirloom as a 2-drop mana rock in green decks that might become an EDH staple
(6/6/2025) If a player or permanent has more than one kind of counter on it, and you choose for it to get additional counters, it must get one of each kind of counter it already has
Fall of the Thran Fall of the Thran isnt an every deck kind of card, but it can be helpful in certain decks
While there have been many cool Birthing Pod decks at various points, the final nail in the coffin was Erik Peterss Grand Prix Omaha 2015 list, one of many big GP finishes for Pod near the end of its Modern Career: Creatures (29) 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Eternal Witness 3 Wall of Roots 1 Orzhov Pontiff 1 Shriekmaw 1 Reveillark 3 Kitchen Finks 1 Murderous Redcap 2 Noble Hierarch 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 1 Scavenging Ooze 2 Restoration Angel 1 Sin Collector 3 Voice of Resurgence 1 Reclamation Sage 3 Siege Rhino Lands (23) Spells (8) While some Pod decks focused on assembling intricate combos, this build is a great example of the value approach, primarily focusing on exploiting enters-the-battlefield and death triggers while making extremely good use of the toolbox Birthing Pod enables
