Standard is our only rotating format, and while keeping it fresh is important, we also feel that there's a more effective middle ground. In my opinion, this also makes new cards a bit less impactful (at least for those playing the killer decks): as shown by non-rotating formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Explorer, the bigger the card pool, the less impactful new cards tend to be
None of its other effects will happen either
For , you'll cast this 3/5 Sphinx that can fly over blockers to smack your opponent's life total directly if they can't answer it
When this happens, its usually a card thats hard to interact with without a sideboard, and that leads to a higher win rate in BO1 than in Best-of-Three (BO3)
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Youre just getting a lot of tempo and pressure