(Since the cards are facedown, you should try to remember which unique allies were kidnapped and added to the pile of potential sacrifices without having to look at it.) Additionally, the cards in the pile of potential sacrifices and underneath the agenda deck cannot be affected by player card effects or investigator actions
If the card has these extra-round corners and is black-bordered with no set symbol (and a card that was actually printed in Alpha ), then youre holding an Alpha card
Paying 1 mana to get rid of any 1-drop is huge, and with problematic cheap permanents like Sol Ring or Aether Vial around, its even better
They are simple affordable and very useful for long term protection
Ancient Gears Keep the Wheel Going: While Ive wanted to do a full article on modern Ancient Gears for a while now, I am sorry to disappoint that we will not be exploiting their powerful Fusions today
(1) Monsters that can evade total removal without targeting or destroying are extremely limited, so it's naturally powerful
