While your group is gone, there's also your chance to sneak a Cheatyface onto the field or try to subtly mess with your opponent's board
Meanwhile, if Jayas Phoenix hits your opponent, your next loyalty ability gets copied
Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life Extorting is an incredible mechanic when youre doing it repeatedly and bleeding your opponent out
Heres an example of the kind of deck that got Mind Twist banned: Creatures (2) Lands (21) Spells (37) 4 Mana Drain 2 Counterspell 4 Swords to Plowshares 1 Sol Ring 1 Regrowth 1 Mind Twist 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Braingeyser 1 Time Walk 1 Ancestral Recall 2 Red Elemental Blast 1 Jayemdae Tome 2 Disrupting Scepter 4 Disenchant 1 Recall 2 Moat 1 Mirror Universe 1 Timetwister 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire Thats right, one of the most famous, most influential decks of all-time, The Deck, was a Mind Twist deck until Mind Twist was banned
More and more in-person tournaments came back last year, and with things like the Regional Championship system in full effect, now is a better time than ever
