First, the mechanic is flavorfully tied very heavily to Amonkhet, which has gone through some changes since we last visited
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Cactusfolk Sureshot Gruul cards caring about creatures with power 4 or greater is ferocious design space for the cards, and Cactusfolk Sureshots tramplehaste anthem slots into those decks easily
Creatures (10) Lands (19) Spells (31) While Id listen to an argument that Emry Ascendancy is simply a worse combo deck than Whirza variants, I do think it picks up points by having a combo that is mostly immune to artifact hate
A week later, there are some Pauper events worldwide, the most notable and largest being Paupergeddon in Pisa, Italy
This is because the tokens trade well with small stuff, generating for me more value off Dead Drop, but its also because Ponyback Brigades on the other side of the table take a big chunk out of the value we plan to gain from our Dead Drop