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Relying on these will just drag a game on and reduce the time available to play another one

As a card with a serious Legacy pedigree, it's always a piece or two away from becoming part of an extremely obnoxious combo

As with Ruhan, we've a few power-doubling effects and stat boosts (Choose Your Weapon, Strength-Testing Hammer), Double Strike (Embercleave, Critical Hit), and other forms of combat-enhancement (Berserker's Frenzy, Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar)

In an article by Wizards of the Coast outlining the Stranger Things x Secret Lair release, only a cursory mention was made of the art being changed, and no explanation as to how it got through to being revealed was given

Honestly, for a mythic sword, I would have expected something a little...more complicated