Due to the limited card pool and the variance of cards that can be acquired in a Build & Battle Box, Prerelease events are a great opportunity to flex your creative deck-building muscles
Just like how those clamouring for Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis or Faithless Looting to get banned in Modern a couple of months ago should have been registering the deck all along, if you want to win and genuinely believe a card needs banning in Pioneer, then you should be playing it and trying to break it
Shout-out also to Dean, who reminded me via Twitter about the card Krark-Clan IronworksKrark-Clan Ironworks, which basically works like Ashnods AltarAshnods Altar for artifacts instead of creatures
The game continues with a new player. Naturally, it serves no gameplay purpose, but its a wholesome card that still fetched around $72,000 at auction in 2022
Art Style and Thematic Appeal Both sides of the Pokmon TCG vs Magic the Gathering debate have excellent aesthetic appeal