It also has some nice synergy in sacrifice decks as well as decks whose Commanders can increase damage output, such as Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph or Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
(2018-01-19) If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter
The second knock is that Alena relies on either a steady flow of creature token generation, or a big turn with a flurry of cards for which some of your best cards are Ball Lightning, Bonecrusher Giant has more power than mana cost, and Cosmic Larva has a real drawback
The two main themes are: +1/+1 counters Flexibility Very few "vanilla" cards are included
To answer this, Im going to look at some of the more recent, less expensive fat packs and bundles to see what pricing trends look like