And afternoon tea
Secret Lair x Marvels Spider-Man: Heroic Deeds Secret Lair x Marvels Spider-Man: Heroic Deeds 1x Ephemerate ($30 JPN STA foil, 181k decks) 1x Three Visits ($42 SLD foil, 770k decks) 1x Lightning Greaves (INV foil $215, SLD foil $37, 2XM foil $19, SLD foil $16, LCC foil $22, SLD foil $6, 1.7 million decks) 1x Sol Ring (too damn many, all of them) 1x Command Tower (too damn many, all of them) The Ephemerate and the Three Visits are doing a lot of work here
Think of staples as filling five buckets every Commander deck needs: Ramp get ahead on mana so you cast your commander early and often
(The current Magic Brand Manager, by the way, is none other than former R&D member Elaine Chase.) I was sent to Brand to meet with Wendy to find out the problem with the name
The MTG team described playing the games themselves (especially if they hadnt played that particular entry), then creating three categories for the Final Fantasy elements, from the need to haves (category 1) to that would be nice, but we probably wont have room (category 3) and discussing with Square Enix even at this conceptual phase as well as consistently showing them specific cards and getting feedback
You had your spells, your traps, and your mix of lower powered monsters and high powered life point killers