Therefore, one of our goals was to make the mana bases stronger
With Duskmourne, we have a bunch of those and I like to look at them in the context of hey, does this give me access to a new, simple, available deck without needing a bunch of wild cards? Any time I talk about deck making in the context of standard, I am thinking of Arena, where I have managed to avoid paying money for decks after my $10 startup, which I think is pretty reasonable
One-Hit Kill: While Ra lost most of its Point-to-Point Transfer effects when printed in the OCG as a playable card, several support cards that it later received in the OCG restore this functionality to it
Sure, Demise brings a potential +2 to the Artifacts, but whats even more important is that it gives you an even better chance of opening Sanctum or Ignition, the two cards that win you duels