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I think that even today, nearly a decade later, High Tide remains #1: You literally played High Tide or anti-High Tide or you didn't compete at all

According to head designer Mark Rosewater, there are no plans to change collector boosters, though since theyre customized to fit the set they go with, they have and will continue to evolve over time. Announced today, set boosters and draft boosters will be combined into a new type of booster dubbed the play booster. Play boosters will debut with Murders at Karlov Manor, which will be available in February of 2024

When you finally have a large enough collection to build decks from scratch, the cards from your starter decks can be excellent supplemental options

You can fog incoming damage, you can save your board from a wrath its a sweet card and one of my faves in the set

The best bit is that it lets you double-up your opponents counterspells, effectively giving you some protection from counters too