what are card types in mtg Rules Text: All creature types, 20 cards Different Types of Cards -

The story events of that plane involved the five shards of Alara (Esper, Bant, Jund, Grixis, and Naya) recombining into a single plane at the machinations of Nicol Bolas

They increase the likelihood that Saruman wont trigger each turn and that Sauron will have something to reanimate when it hits the field

In a defensive situation this is better than Pacifism a lot of the time but that doesn't stop it from being a bad effect overall

Tinker is (of course) banned from play in almost every official MTG play format, and is Restricted (meaning you can only have just one in your deck) in the almost-anything-goes Vintage format