It guarantees a hand of 7, which is essentially a much-needed refill for an archetype that can quickly empty its hand
The Quiet Years (20002003) After the disasters that were Urza's block and Tempest block, Wizards seemed to learn their lesson and change philosophies when it came to Standard: rather than printing any crazy thing that popped into their head, they would actually try to design cards in a way that would reduce (and hopefully eliminate) the need to ban cards in Standard
The card radiates the kind of brute-force energy that made Pokemon feel dangerous and exciting to a generation of kids, and that visceral appeal has aged well with collectors
(laughs) But it was during the loungewear scene, so I was in my loungewear, which made for a strange photo
The really fun fact, says u/IkariLoona, is that as an acknowledgement of the localisation, the ones in eastern Altepa are sabotenders and the ones in western Altepa are cactuars. Sabotender's Solid
Wizards has taken those case files and turned them into some very cool showcase cards, many with a high price tag