Already it seems that this alternate look at the duo is less desirable than its counterpart, but its still a fitting tribute to one of the most iconic cards in recent memory
Making them far more accessible and affordable compared to the originals
Sure, a lot of decks would want STE over other cards, such as a Landline deck or a Snake deck, but the fact is that STE dominated Standard and our hearts for a while, but it never really stood the test of time
Vision of Love (1R: you may sacrifice an artifact or discard a card
And we'd had a handful of cards that referenced stories: Story Circle ( Mercadian Masques ), Fact or Fiction ( Invasion ), Truth or Tale ( Time Spiral ), Spin into Myth ( Future Sight ), Fable of Wolf and Owl ( Eventide ), Overbeing of Myth ( Eventide ), and Myth Realized ( Dragons of Tarkir )
The only Machine Union Deck making rounds is doing so because of the world's most-busted Link and owning the third most-busted Field Spell ever made (behind Chicken Game and SPYRAL Resort, and just ahead of Divine Wind.) And this iconic Deck is barely even talked about anymore, except as a go-to manual as to how NOT to incorporate two wildly different mechanics into one archetype (ironic considering its native Type, hair-rendingly frustrating considering this is not even the THIRD Machine Archetype to fall victim to this lackluster playstyle/conflicting identities dual kiss of death
