basic mew pokemon card EX #120 Pokémon P / / 1 Artist basic 1995 1st edition mew

It is defeated when the last defense counter is removed from it

While both Phyrexian Arena and Hypnotic Specter have the potential to see play in multiple archetypes, maybe the most fun way to play these cards is to toss them all together into a Mono-Black Control shell, with Hypnotic Specter being a living x-for-1, Phyrexian Arena being an insane source of card advantage, and Tendrils of Corruption being a solid removal spell that also helps to ensure we don't accidentally die to our own Phyrexian Arenas

One of the big problems with the strategy is that its colors take a while to have excess mana to cast your big spells with, so it's a naturally slow deck

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In bad sets with lots of bulk rares, on the other hand, the best cards become more untethered from sealed box prices because it makes less financial sense for dealers to crack packs for singles