The core idea is this: the river water overflows and nourishes the farmlands, the water recedes and the crops grow, the crops are harvested and nourish the citizens
This means that you can load your hexproof creature up with enchantments or cast a spell that gives it +3/+3 in combat, and most of your opponents removal spells wont help them
Cocks only qualified his acclaim slightly by mentioning that Universes Beyond Commander sets, composed of four preconstructed decks that players can slap on the table right out of the box, tend to sell a bit below MTGs overall premiere sets, such as the recent Outlaws of Thunder Junction
Emerge cards can work in lots of different waysdecks that want to play it slow can hold out until they can pay the huge mana costs, whilst quicker decks can cash in their smaller creatures for larger ones to overwhelm their opponents early
That means you do not need to panic-sell or avoid every 2024 card just because it is summer or fall 2026