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The decision to exclude promo Pikachu from the set was probably taken in the last minute when WotC decided to release the card as part of their promotion for the Pokmon League instead, and some made it into packs and boxes before the production process could be adjusted to remove these cards after cutting

1 Flare of Denial A Counterspell That Opens Up A Slew Of Deck Designs Modern Horizons sets are no strangers to introducing a meta-changing counterspell to the Modern format

The Wandering Rescuer Sadly, weve lost The Wandering Emperor, one of my favorite cards in past Standard, but heres The Wandering Rescuer

Youll find most of these in the four commander decks (which come in standard and collectors editions): Counter Blitz Limit Break Revival Trance Scions & Spellcraft However, you can also pull FIC variations in the Collector Booster Packs

Note: Players will still be able to open previously released booster packs (excluding Deluxe Pack: ex)

Control Builds With Time-Space Distortion and flexible attackers like Iron Leaves ex, these decks have more options to stabilize and pivot mid-match