Think of it as a chess board where you usually play with a few pieces, but then sometimes there will be a bunch of additional pieces that make the evaluation of the gamestate way harder. The other difference Dominguez points to is the length of the decision tree , with poker hands often over much faster and with fewer decisions to make and potentially get wrong
Illustrated by John Avon Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Not Legal Historic Not Legal Modern Legal Brawl Not Legal Legacy Legal Comp
I am also excited by Estrids Invocation, the Copy Enchantment variant this deck really wantsresetting to the most valuable enchantment for the turn, copying a Mask token for Estrid in a pinch, or just gaining us some extra advantage by flickering back in as a cantrip like Flight of Fancy
After it triggers in your upkeep, you can look at the top card of their library and you can cast it with your mana as though it were mana of any color, so if you flip over Lightning Bolt you can tap an Island and cast it
Imagine, if you will, a world where we can pay to loot a Darksteel Forge into our graveyard, making a 0/2 Thopter copy of it
Last night, we finally got the entire list, and the value is almost shockingly high