They still have the tap out on 4 and pass the turn issue, but they set you up better for a longer game, and permanents are better suited to green decks than sorceries
I wanted some number of spells that your opponent doesn't gain value off of, since so many of your win conditions reanimate their stuff as well
The commu-nity has been playing Gladiator and loving it, obviously
Before we get into the meat of this piece, feast your eyes on this glorious list of mythic rares: Liliana of the Veil $100 Karn Liberated $100 Cavern of Souls $90 Snapcaster Mage $80 Tarmogoyf $80 Karakas $75 Temporal Manipulation $70 Bitterblossom $50 Dark Depths -$45 Vengevine $45 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth $45 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn $40 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre $35 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed $30 Mana Vault $30 Leovold, Emissary of Trest $25 Lord of Extinction $16 Sigarda, Host of Herons $16 Platinum Emperion $15 Balefire Dragon $10 Even the most ardent Ultimate Masters haters must be excited about these twenty cards
Its also the most valuable of the four by a significant margin (at time of writing, its closest competition Toxtricity is only half its price.) The demand for this card appears to be mostly organic, with the vast majority of buyers only picking up one copy each, so its standing might just reflect the popularity of Ceruledge among fans of the recent Pokmon games