why do some pokemon cards have a pikachu symbol (Energy Pattern) - ME: Ascended Heroes Anyone know why one of

5 Prime Speaker Vannifar Birthing Pod was a Modern staple so ubiquitous that it had an entire archetype named after it, ultimately amassing enough notoriety to receive the ban hammer in January 2015

This is due to the fast nature of the format often forcing you to trade down on mana when casting removal (for example casting a 3 mana removal spell on a 2 drop)

Technological Advances: Modern printing technology allows forgeries to closely mimic the look and feel of genuine cards, including holograms and foil patterns

I expect monored aggro to be potent, if only because its doing something both very familiar and being the fun police