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1 Like ivindicatei October 22, 2019, 7:41am 11 A closer look at the first Thai S&M Promos 001/sm-p to 009/sm-p: The names are in Japanese written in Thai (except for detective Pikachu)
Your opponent is more likely to count your artifacts in play to see how much damage you can do if you already have Ravager or Plating in play, so by holding it when its not too useful on the board (say, if there are some blockers on the ground), you get to surprise your opponent with it when they use their mana on something else
Second, this artwork really reminds me of some of the best artwork from my favorite sets of the Sword and Shield era
these cards often take the place of Rare and Mythic Rare cards, which means you end up with cards that should be game-winning in a draft being utterly useless to you, and that never feels good