I love old sets and old Magic cards more than anyone I know, but I still feel that for Pauper to leave the nest of Magic Online and spread its wings to success in the paper world, it needs to drop these cards and simplify its format a bit with a consistent definition
How about we staple a spellslinger killing clause to Shadow in the Warp
(4/12/2024) If all targets for the chosen modes become illegal before a spell with spree resolves, the spell won't resolve and none of its effects will happen
It suggests that Arena is viewed as its own thing now, and that we shouldnt expect players from paper to always cross over with the app
Fable has been turning up all over Standard, of course, but it has also made it back as far as Red-based Prison and Stompy decks in Legacy (and some people have even been trying it out in Vintage)
By that time you already know whether your creature has survived the combat