The Dark/Steel typing provides Pawniard with a unique defensive profile, which makes it resistant to a wide array of attacks while being vulnerable to a select few, such as Fighting-type moves
At the end of the draft, each player has the cards needed to build a 40-card deck, supplemented with basic lands
The flip side of that is that we work with what weve got, and there werent indestructible Gods begging to be exiled in Innistrad
I doubt it was officially sold due to the imperfect design but some people like their gold bars to be unique
The card does a nice job of tying these two elements together flavorfully, but what actually I most enjoy is that it creates these neat Johnny deck-building moments
They've gone from being a somewhat underwhelming and underutilised mechanic in Ixalan to something that borders on being broken thanks to the likes of cards like Korvold, Fae-Cursed King