The sleeve backs are simply too easy to mark to be used in competitive play, and the frosted matte fronts do not lend well to showing off your best pulls
-1/-1 Counters Matter First off, there are a ton of great cards that care about -1/-1 counters: Blowfly Infestation, Dusk Urchins, Necroskitter, Flourishing Defenses, and the new Nest of Scarabs
The aim of this is to demonstrate the differences between the grades
With value engines like the new EB03-006-nami, resilient blockers such as OP11-054-nami, and devastating board-control tools like OP09-009-bennbeckman and OP06-007-shanks, EB03-001-nefeltari-vivi flows effortlessly from stabilizing the board to applying relentless pressure
The other card I regret not having on the list is Collective Defiance, which I thought might not see as much play because of how weak red was at the time, but I did not realize how powerful a burn strategy would be
The Naturalize from above, for example, is a destruction card that can destroy either an artifact or an enchantment