First, prices on cards from Generations and Celebrations (the 25th Anniversary set) have gone up in the past few months, likely in anticipation of the 30th Anniversary of the Pokmon franchise in 2026
Monoblue decks ditched Jayemdae Tome completely once this bad boy came around, and started moving towards Man-o'-War and Boomerang-style board control to set up enough time for the Ophidian to give them a hand full of cards
The final list will be then released in a couple of weeks, hopefully to lots of debate on how Im an idiot for not including the Base Set Magikarp
Ideally, this synergistic deck should create tons of tokens separately, rather than all at once to maximize card draw
Aberrant Abolish Ainok Survivalist Appetite for the Unnatural Artisan's Sorrow Aura Shards Aura of Silence Break Asunder Break Down Broken Bond Capashen Unicorn Cathar Commando Caustic Caterpillar Cindervines Citizen's Crowbar Coliseum Behemoth Conclave Naturalists Containment Breach Crack Open Decommission Deconstruction Hammer Deep-Fried Plague Myr Destructive Revelry Devout Witness Disenchant Dismantling Blow Dispeller's Capsule Expose to Daylight Filigree Fracture First Pick Flaxen Intruder Flaxen Intruder Foundation Breaker Fragmentize Frenzied Trapbreaker Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury Gemrazer Gemrazer Gleeful Sabotage Grist, the Plague Swarm Harmonic Sliver Hivespine Wolverine Hopeful Initiate Indrik Stomphowler Inspired Insurgent Invoke the Divine It's Clobberin' Time