If this were any other colour pairing but blue green I suspect it would be the most played of all the 3 mana hard counters in the cube but Simic is an uncommon counter based control option as it is so useless at dealing with creatures
Runick Destruction is great against Spells and Traps that stay on the field after their effects have been activated
However, with the rise of Orcust, the metagame shift to running Fantastical Dragon Phantazmay and D.D
It is not uncommon for Orzhov-colored lands to be worth a little less than the rest
The design of the character and his flavor in the story is downright adorable, and the card itself fills roles in several popular areas
Mari, the Killing Quill Mari, the Killing Quill cares about assassins, mercenaries and rogues, and theyll all have deathtouch, so theyre harder to block