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Consider the following three cards: Interestingly, these cards are all almost exactly as popular as each other

Its definitely a proactive value card as opposed to surgical removal, so itll be build dependent

Its got good synergies with EDH decks and cards that care about 2 power or less, or artifact reanimation (Feldon of the Third Path, Alesha, Who Smiles at Death)

Oathkeeper, meanwhile, grants +3/+1 and synergizes directly with the Samurai tribe, which is unique to the Kamigawa block

The Pokemon TCG has seen good times and bad, with the roaring start to the TCG's life being followed by a period of near-irrelevance until it experienced a Renaissance of sorts during the Sword & Shield era