When a TCG runs for long enough, even cards that were balanced upon release might become broken thanks to how newer cards interact with them, ultimately leading to the original versions being removed from allowed tournament play
Collective Brutality and Collective Defiance Both of these cards see a certain amount of Pioneer play and are fun executions of the Escalate mechanic
Booster boxes offer a better per-pack price than buying individually, and they are factory sealed, which means the packs have not been searched or tampered with
For each one, I'll talk about the plane and walk through why we chose its color(s), what we chose as the "enters the battlefield" (ETB) effect on the front face, and what card we wanted as the prize on the back face for winning the battle
Technically, Tranquil Domain is the older card of the pair, having appeared in Mirage
That being largely a matter of "these seem interesting, but likely won't see play unless the right deck comes around." There're a few exceptions, which I'll touch on, but to save you, the reader, your sanity by not reading the same line over and over across 20-30 cards, I'm going to talk about them mainly in groups here and now
