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This is not a beginners product

This Weeks Trends Not a lot of movement in Standard this week

Theres an unnecessary amount of +1/+1 counter support, but that means your counter decks will get some generally good cards if youre just planning on scrapping the deck

Legendary affects rules like deckbuilding and the legend rule, while the creature types matter for typal synergies and card interactions

Five mana is a lot for the initial cast and seven is just wishful for the recursion

Urborg is going to be super-important in the future, although its first card art here does look like a generic castle-o'-doom from a Saturday morning cartoon