pokemon scarlet violet booster box & 151 Japanese Set out for a journey in the Paldea region Scarlet & Violet" Booster Pack

As pack prices skyrocket with no sign of coming down, it sure does feel like everyone's being priced out of the hobby

They could still design for Standard across multiple sets whether the individual sets were thematically linked or not, and they still reserved the right to have subsequent sets share a setting or plane, just with different Draft environments

I wont pretend that cheap, instant-speed interaction isnt good, but for spells like this to be good, you need ways to either recoup the card disadvantage (and have a lot of powerful spells) or to utilize the tempo advantage by attacking

Activate only during your upkeep