This element of FITS feels heavily inspired by cult indie classic Into The Breach, with that games tactical puzzle of tight movement and damage reduction taken from its original theming of massive robots fighting huge bugs and swapped to a suave simulation of Casino Royale-style punch-ups
Its a deliberately understated composition, and all the more affecting for it, leaning into atmosphere over action
Its tempting to look at those mythic rare planeswalkers and think about how good your Draft deck would be if you had a couple of those, but remember that the rarer a card is, the less likely you are to open it in a booster pack
Release date: October 24, 1998 (Japan)
But as a universal hard counter, Condescends occasional inefficiency is usually justified by its immense flexibility and the Scry 2 sweetener makes it hard to feel bad about firing one off, even when youre tapping out for it