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Designers used them judiciously, but when they did, they often experimented with the subtype's capabilities

Theres additional trope space we can play in as well that the setting brings to the game, and we love designing cards to our settings. Endless Punishment highlights the potential for this trope space to open doors for more creative design that doesnt have to be a perfect fit for the overarching group slug deck

When they did decide to experiment with tournament energy decks again, I think its telling that they did so in the much larger, deeper shark tank that is Modern

Mind Bomb is another card that sees play occasionally, for its use in discarding unwanted creatures from hand, but I think its just worse than all of the cards above