Speaking of Game Freak needing to play catch-up, take a deep breath with me, because we gotta talk about performance
Silverquill Influence (White/Black) Aura control, make foes fight each other A blend of Goad and Enchanments, Killian, Decisive Mentor gets your opponents fighting each other while helping himself to more cards as your Aura creatures attack
There were a lot of factors: figuring out what people wanted out of a D&D set, how to fit that into competitive play environments, and how to capture the essence of everything on the cards
The ability to bounce any permanent allows decks to cover their bases, gives you the option to position things early or in a waiting game by bouncing a land and it makes sure that you'll get to trigger the discard effect
And right now, I have no idea how good or bad the removal suite is because the only matchup Ive played is one where all my opponents creatures were expendable
I want to explore this place