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Interestingly, the blue/red land, Volcanic Island, was accidentally omitted from Alpha and made its debut in Beta instead
Hour of Devastation included new creatures with Exert, and while some of them followed the same attack trigger formula, the bonuses they received were smaller, like Khenra Scrapper: +2/+0 until end of turn. Additionally, a small number of creatures could exert as an additional cost of an activated ability, like Hope Tender: Untap two target lands. Hope Tender could provide extra mana, but only every other turn
This should supposedly reduce the win rate of the dominant strategy in the format and create an exciting shake-up and entry point to the format preceding the summer and release of Wilds of Eldraine. Getting into the specifics, Brown highlighted what we all already know, cards like Fable and Bankbuster are unmatched in efficiency and versatility
It's also a reference to Unmask, a story-relevant card from the 1999 Magic: The Gathering set Mercadian Masks - Wizards even commissioned the same illustrator
Unnatural Growth Its a house in Limited, Unnatural Growth looks to be excellent for Green-heavy Commander lists that care about being aggressive