A question that Gerry Thompson once asked me still resonates with me to this day: "How many converted mana cost (mana value) 3 or higher creatures have impacted recent Standard without having some form of immediate effect on the game?" The list is a lot shorter than I would have guessed
Its not surprising to then see it have seven cards on this list, and theyre almost all the cards that I had the hardest time coming up with Against arguments for, as youll soon see
Some other incredible chase cards in this set include SIRs like Latias ex (239/191), Milotic ex (237/191), and Alolan Exeggutor ex (242/191)
In some places, you can still tweak to your own taste to get the deck going faster, for example, if you want to emphasize the token-based mechanics
However, if we're looking to remove higher-cost Characters, then cost-reducers are a crucial part of this deck