Aside from flavor, you can interfere with opponents who are using typal effects like Distant Melody or Coat of Arms for value by changing their creatures to other things
Hatreds hyper-efficient conversion of your life for your opponents put incredible pressure on the format, and the vast majority of the time the card was played, the game was effectively over one way or the other
Zachary Barash is a New York City-based game designer and the last commissioner of Team Draft League
While this boost isn't large, stacking multiple stat-boosting effects helps to make even your weakest Knights a big combat threat
At launch, the X Speed card (which reduces your retreat cost by one energy) was essential for any deck, allowing you to pull a card with low HP back to your bench in a pinch
First up are Saga Creatures, a first of its kind implementation of the Saga mechanic first introduced in 2018 with Dominaria