The only semblance of pleasure fake cards seem to provide is the schadenfreude we experience when someone detestable gets scammed
Uurg, Spawn of Turg Uurg, Spawn of Turg now uses erratad surveil text on its first ability, but its an imminently fair card, given its restrictive mana value and the work you have to put in to make it a 2/5 or bigger
Nymris Flash Nymris, Oona's Trickster | Illustration by Johannes Voss Commander (1) Creatures (19) Academy Loremaster Cunning Nightbonder Quickling Activated Sleeper Naiad of Hidden Coves Nimble Obstructionist Slitherwisp Wavebreak Hippocamp Mocking Doppelganger Notion Thief Stunt Double Venser, Shaper Savant Necron Deathmark Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir Evil Twin Lochmere Serpent Sakashima's Protege Torrential Gearhulk Hullbreaker Horror Instants (29) Black Sun's Twilight Consider Dispel March of Swirling Mist March of Wretched Sorrow Opt Slip Out the Back Counterspell Countersquall Delay Drown in the Loch Go for the Throat Impulse Infernal Grasp Siphon Insight Snap Force of Despair Frantic Search Silundi Vision Unwind Aetherize Annul Hagra Mauling Hostile Negotiations Memory Plunder Mystical Teachings Mystic Confluence Sublime Epiphany Dig Through Time Sorceries (3) Blue Sun's Twilight Feed the Swarm Deem Inferior Enchantments (4) Omen of the Dead Alexi's Cloak Dress Down Omen of the Sea Artifacts (8) Sol Ring Arcane Signet Coldsteel Heart Dimir Signet Fellwar Stone Mind Stone Talisman of Dominance Worn Powerstone Lands (36) Ash Barrens Barren Moor Castle Locthwain Castle Vantress Choked Estuary Command Tower Creeping Tar Pit Darkslick Shores Demolition Field Dimir Aqueduct Dismal Backwater Evolving Wilds Fetid Pools Island x11 Maestros Theater River of Tears Sunken Hollow Swamp x6 Tainted Isle Temple of Deceit Underground River Nymris, Oona's Trickster leads the main control deck on this list
Kraken and Leviathan: "Kairyu-Shin" is based on Leviathan, much as Daedalus, and is explicitely named as such in the OCG
Five of the original 13 ACE SPEC cards during that era were only usable on specific Pokmon but would give that Pokmon a new attack or ability
Instead, more aggressive buildslike Antonios List Goat Control Warriors (sorry Ivan) adapt to the current meta instead of chasing outdated TER lines, it focuses on cleaner tempo and consistent pressure to keep opponents on the back foot
