Things in the time since have looked pretty good, with various takes on Affinity being the biggest winners in the early stages of this iteration of Modern
Riot, to jog players memories, is a mechanic that triggers on entry, giving creatures the choice of employing Haste, or a +1/+1 counter
However, when a creature has a keyword like Flying, Lifelink, or First Strike, the power of +1/+1 is greatly magnified
For example, Dark Salvation with X chosen as 2 costs 3B to cast if you control Voracious Reader
This MTG set directly adapts the comic version, with newer heroes like Spider-Gwen aka Ghost-Spider, Spider-Punk, and more, heavily featured
It was not uncommon for an opponent to show me their hand at the end of a game that contained multiple unused Disenchants or Shatters