The alternate commander, The Lord of Pain, pings enemies for damage whenever a player casts their first spell, which is not only an excellent tool to make your opponents kill each other, but a decent deterrent to not remove them quickly
Theres a visceral sense that things are at stake, which is why Ive played it at the kitchen table for more than 30 years, with no other stakes at all
Notable Cards The deck has a handful of reprints notable for price: Wurmcoil Engine ($10), Ruby Medallion ($13), and Goblin Welder ($22) dominate as pricy cards, though a handful of cards come just short of the $5 mark, like Dualcaster Mage, Scrap Mastery, and Great Furnace
Despite their advanced intellect, some aven never quite shake their instinctive need to collect shiny baubles
Theyre often variants of the same effect, but with variations due to the limitations of MTGs color pie
Wizards of the Coast was facing a tough ask with this particular set
