Second, taking any damage removes a counter, so opponents are highly incentivized to keep you in check
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When the ATK of your opponent's monsters reach 0 because of this effect: Destroy them, then inflict damage to your opponent equal to half of the destoryed monster's ATK
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This is likely in no small part due to the lower saturation of clue and treasure tokens, a more open-ended design, and being bookended by Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain and Niv-Mizzet, Parun on either side of their printing
With that change to gameplay, all of a sudden the draft picks get turned around because those expensive spells are very attractive, and the efficient creatures and other cards with more pips become much worse