2 Uncommon Mystical Archive cards A non-foil (31.7%) or traditional foil (31.7%) Mystical Archive card A non-foil (31.7%) or silver scroll foil (5%) Japanese Mystical Archive card 1 Traditional foil spellcraft land 1 Traditional foil rare or mythic rare card A rare (85.7%) or mythic rare (14.3%) from the Secrets of Strixhaven main set 1 Non-foil Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) rare or mythic rare 10 Mythic rare borderless cards (9%) 48 Rare extended-art cards (91%) 1 Non-foil Booster Fun rare or mythic rare card An extended-art rare (70%) or mythic rare (5%) card from the Secrets of Strixhaven main set A rare (7.1%) or mythic rare (5%) borderless Elder Dragon, planeswalker, or dual land A rare (8.6%) or mythic rare (4.3%) field notes card 1 Rare or mythic rare Mystical Archive card A non-foil rare (25.6%) or mythic rare (7.7%) Mystical Archive card A non-foil rare (25.6%) or mythic rare (7.7%) Japanese Mystical Archive card A traditional foil rare (25.6%) or mythic rare (7.7%) Mystical Archive card 1 Foil Booster Fun rare or mythic rare card A traditional foil extended-art rare (59.9%) or mythic rare (4.3%) card from the Secrets of Strixhaven main set A traditional foil rare (6.1%) or mythic rare (4.3%) borderless Elder Dragon, planeswalker, or dual land A traditional foil rare (7.3%) or mythic rare (3.7%) field notes card A silver scroll foil rare (7.7%) or mythic rare (2.3%) Japanese Mystical Archive card A traditional foil Special Guests card (4.5%) A serialized double rainbow foil Emeritus of Ideation appears in less than 1% of Collector Boosters
We even ran it using modified cube ante rules however it was obviously still far far far too powerful and no fun to play against
Heartless Hidetsugu + Damage Doublers Heartless Hidetsugus activated ability causes each player to take damage equal to half of their life total, rounded down
Wrexial, the Risen Deep Big islandwalk creatures can be risky to include in a deck, but Wrexial, the Risen Deep is a safer bet because it also has swampwalk
Back in June 2021, Gavin Verhey put out a Good Morning Magic video all about the history of Counterspell, including how it was omitted from 8th edition since it was deemed too efficient, particularly given the historical dominance of blue decks in Standard
(And if youre an idiot like me, who doesnt read the piece of paper with READ THIS FIRST before thinking you know better and shuffling the cards, theyre also numbered so you can put them back in the correct order.) Once youve played that through once, you can go ahead and shuffle as much as you want, and then play the game proper
