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Even if you don't play Historic, the increasing number of mythics in the set makes it less likely that you'll open the specific mythics you do want to play in Standard, making it more likely that you'll have to spend your precious wildcards to complete your decks

But it also handles auras and counters: They all fall off

This favors aggressively leaning strategies, especially because Auras provide a form of reach, which implies that lower life totals may not be safe if its easier to push through the last points of damage

Because of how many cards the Pokmon Trading Card Game allows in the Expanded format games and tournaments, it makes sense that some cards would end up being able to be used in combinations that allow players to gain unfair or overpowered strategies in their decks

For example, a creature that enters the battlefield with one +1/+1 counter on it won't receive an additional +1/+1 counter