Its hard to attack through all their tokens, but Cryptolith Rite decks tend to be good at winning without needing to attack, and G/W Tokens isnt good at killing them or disrupting their engine, but its difficult to design a Cryptolith Rite deck thats actually good at winning a game against an opponent who can regularly kill all of their creatures with Archangel Avacyn, Tragic Arrogance, and Planar Outburst
Despite being a Planeschase card, its actually just a straight up combo piece with Underworld Breach if you have enough cards in your hand
The city surrounds and builds to Tocatli, once the Imperial citadel complex where the emperor and their closest dynastic relatives resided
This shift has been generally well-received, as it refreshes the gameplay experience with each new release
Likely intended as some kind of test print
This allows you to pivot from an aggressive card-draw strategy to a purely defensive posture, shielding your most vital permanents from targeted removal