Recently, the TCG market has seen a massive influx of collectors chasing high-end Luffy promos, such as the famous Magazine Luffy (released via ONE PIECE Magazine ) and the highly coveted Dodgers Luffy (distributed during the special Los Angeles Dodgers collaboration night)
This initial creativity helped spark a lot of notice for Lorcana and was a precursor of the nearly infinite unique ideas the Lorcana team is able to summon to support this incredible game
This works very well in this card that just emotes action
But that's not the only big story around this brand new Magic format - Historic players are not happy about Alchemy's permanently rebalanced cards
The catch-and-throw dynamic gives the card some personality, and seems pretty strong for Jeskais first true equipment commander
And the good news is, when the -1/-1 part isnt useful -- and it wont always be -- you get to make a treasure, which means this little one drop gives you fixing and ramp pretty early on in the game