In their Revitalizing Standard article back in May, WotC notes that: Even in the context of Magic growing leaps and bounds over the past few years, tabletop Standard hasn't kept pace
My only gripe with the deck was that it found an optimal build of small creatures whose abilities scale with their bodies and it hasnt really needed to innovate beyond that, besides the addition of The Ozolith and The Great Henge
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Then around mid-game, weaker spells aren't doing so much damage anymore, stronger spells' longer charge times make their use a lot more tricky against faster enemies, and mages are straggling behind with their skill learning as they need so much more JP to learn everything, while physical units have access to their better jobs, much better equipment, and a variety of useful skills, so they can hit harder, tank much better, and perform a variety of useful utilities
Finishing off the decades-old Sword of X and Y cycle, players couldnt wait to get their hands on this card
