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The top prize card at these Planeswalker Series tournaments will be The Wandering Rescuer with art by Hisashi Momose whose illustrations appear on more than two-dozen cards

They are "slower" in the sense that they use up mana on your own turn so that you have less mana open for countering spells on your opponents' turns

Finally, there are celebrations, a fun new concept whereby cards gain extra effects if you put at least two other non-land permanent cards into play in a turn

For some, these decks will be their first introduction to the game, while more seasoned players may only want to buy a starter deck if it has enough playable cards to use in more competitive decks

This is at its best in stax decks leveraging cheap creatures like Collector Ouphe and Archon of Emeria or token decks building out massive numbers of 1/1s