While it doesnt replace itself up front the way Animation did, this format has lots of random artifact tokens that this can animate into a very real creature, and the Glyph does replace itself if your opponent can ever deal with your creature, and they probably have to in one way or another, since a 5/4 isnt really the kind of thing you can ignore
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If you can sing This Growing Pressure with Bullseye Loyal Horse on turn three after playing Jessie Lively Cowgirl, youll be getting a lot of value
While Junk tokens from the Fallout set lend themselves to a somewhat durdly play style, this ever-loyal pupper will be happy to play the long game (as he enjoys playtime) or end the game himself as a suited-up creature with help from his ETB trigger
Chart shows the price of Dark Confidant [Borderless Foil] #334 at the end of each month going back as long as we have tracked the item.
While artifact hate is nothing new - Shatterstorm, Fracturing Gust, Stony Silence, and many more have been legal for quite some time - there's a level of efficiency in Meltdown that makes it perhaps the best option Modern has ever had