When NOT to buy During pre-orders or the first week of release
Of course, the alternate art variant, which sees Espeon adorably asleep against, and on top of, an entire house, is the one for all of you Pokemon collectors out there
We call it a "wall of first strike" here in Magic R&D (which is probably a confusing term, considering that our game also has walls with first strike), meaning that every additional first-strike creature makes attacking as your opponent even harder
Connive makes sense from a flavor perspective, even if its not the freshest mechanic, but the bigger issue here is the overlapping strategies
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary Niv-Mizzet and drawing cards, name a better pairing
(So much so that now most of the cheap acceleration we make costs at least two mana.) You can start powering out your threats quicker than your opponent, putting you at a sizable advantage