We looked at several key factors: standout chase cards and their market values (many hitting hundreds or even thousands), pull rates that kept opening fun rather than frustrating, artwork quality that wowed the community, competitive impact on the Standard meta, sealed product appreciation (booster boxes, ETBs, and collections), and overall sales/hype from sources like TCGPlayer reports and community discussions
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Spoilers, they're both running the backbreaking Grief scam strategy that has plagued Modern ever since Modern Horizons 2 came out - for anyone not aware, that's evoking Grief, then playing Ephemerate or Malakir Rebirth to bring it back and get two copies of the card-stealing trigger, plus a relevant creature, all for just one mana
With the amount of amazing pingers in Rakdos colors, our Ob Nixilis can easily trigger 10+ times per turn cycle, drowning our opponents in value while we effortlessly 1-shot them with our giant flying trample commander