It does little to stop most aggro strategies
but since we likely wont have the ability to tutor for non creatures, we need to include every viable option
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Its not uncommon for an opponent to fold if they fail to answer Mother of Runes immediately, and in matches where this isnt the case, that can mean that the opponent just doesnt care about the creature axis of the game at all, which isnt a better scenario, merely a shifting of the bad feelings
This defensive scaling raises her baseline durability to a formidable 7000 power threshold, forcing opponents to expend a large amount of resources just to threaten her
Merfolk long has been a tier-two or -three deck in Historic, but it could jump up a tier thanks to Jumpstart: Historic Horizons