While it has frequently been maindecked, its also been a popular sideboard card, perfect for grinding out attrition-based post-sideboard games, such as the Kithkin deck Cedric Phillips piloted to a top 8 finish in PT Kyoto 2009: Creatures (20) Planeswalkers (4) Lands (25) Spells (11) Sideboard Nowadays, the idea of aggro decks slowing down and going bigger after sideboarding is commonplace, but Cedrics use of it here was especially futuristic for that time period
Mythic rares usually have the most impactful abilities, which is why theyre so popular in competitive play and cost the most on the secondary market
If you happen to have controlled that creature, it gets exiled and then brought back to the battlefield immediately
The father's mug has been swapped with a "[black mana symbol]'s Best Dad" mug
The expansion introduces Mega Attack Rare (MA) cards alongside Secret Rare and Special Art Rare chase cards
Instead, youll be using the various Numeron spell cards to summon them or activate their effects
