The battle rules have been simplified, too
As a third point of reference, here are all the Pioneer-legal cards printed each year (the blue bars), and the Pioneer-legal original cards (the red bars) released since 2013: Again, a similar trend: a slight increase in non-reprint cards, and a large increase in the number of reprints
Incorporate all the key Sliver creatures to give them protection and other benefits
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Training Grounds wouldn't be wasted in the deck because we could play cards like Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage to help Populate often
Clearly intended to mess with the current meta and mix things up for people relying on the same three decks in all their battles, it should make online competition far more interesting until the arrival of a full new set in January