With 3-5 Swiss rounds of best-of-3 matches, this is your chance to prove your mastery of the Materia
The cards in the background are usually a direct reference to the playtest card in question, which is a fun little easter egg
We went through various versions, but here's what we handed off from vision design: Afraid (If an enchantment, Horror, or Nightmare you control entered the battlefield or attacked this turn, all opponents are afraid.) This version interacted not just with enchantments, but a few of the creatures we felt most embodied the genre, Horrors and Nightmares
Another factor playing into our selection was making sure that there was diversity, even with just four Scene Boxes to highlight characters, we wanted to make sure that all of our fans felt included as much as possible
This cycle resembles the Nightstalker cycle, but even being colorless, the cards never saw much play
If you grab a creature like Craterhoof Behemoth, youll practically be guaranteed a win