As we got to the waning weeks and months, it was clear that most decks with black mana in them should be playing at least one or two copies of this card, if only in the sideboard
The art is stunning, worthy of being hung on the wall, and let me send a big thank you to everyone at WotC who decided to give artists a borderless frame and more to work with in the Artist Series lairs
They caught things I didn't notice
This is a stall deck, resting one of the opponents attackers with Leader Bonneys effect to buy you more time until you make it to the late game
If you want a historical piece, this is an alright starting point, but I would absolutely otherwise recommend any other method over it
This pair aren't normally going to be in the same deck, but they are both in the same genre of dork - making a Merfolk beater with big card flow attached for 6 or 7 mana