Synergy Synergy is an important concept for every format in Magic
These make a strong case against ever doing lunch break cards again, since of course some are going to be silly jokesin so little time, on the wrong day, with no assistance or playtesting, you are guaranteed to get some designs like that, no matter how talented your designers
His card starts out as a simple looter, but get 14 cards into your graveyard (get it?) and he flips into Hades, a mighty avatar that lets you play cards from the bin
Now Displacement Wave has to be played carefully since itll blow out any of your Monks, Djinns, or Drakes
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Most decks that succeed in competitive play focus around an archetype with generic cards added in, while many others combine multiple archetypes with overlapping themes