At the time, it was the most expensive Magic: The Gathering card ever
The Jolly Balloon Man - IT and Junji Ito's Hanging Balloons Murder - The composition of this art with the knife + scream makes us think it's a deliberate Psycho reference Midnight Mayhem - Gremlins Shroudstomper - Fresno Nightcrawler cryptid The Swarmweaver - Wicker Man (not the bees!) Spineseeker Centipede - The Tingler Aside from a few edge cases which we decided to leave off, this is every single reference we spotted
There are ongoing complaints about Universes Beyond sets
Giving your opponent a 2/2 flier is nearly irrelevant, especially because Roon's ability kills tokens if you really have to
If table politics arent your thing, Kor Haven also really thrives in decks that are already discouraging attacks via effects like Sphere of Safety, Silent Arbiter, or No Mercy, as an attacker that is willing to single out a creature for combat in these situations has usually decided the cost of harming you is worth the price of admission
It was sold at Goldin for $59,780 back in July 2024