This is why proliferating them isnt a great strategy, as each instance of proliferate only gives you 1 counter
This is precisely where Steamflogger Boss comes in and why it has remained such a noteworthy card for the entirety of its existence
This was expected since there was one fewer MTG set released in Q2 this year compared to 2022 but each of the three sets released in Q2 this year earned, on average, more than each of the four sets in the same time window during 2022 : Source : Hasbro Second Quarter Earnings Call Also, according to the same Q2 2023 earnings report, The newest Universes Beyond set, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth , was the second biggest launch sell-in ever and is tracking to be the biggest selling MAGIC set of all time
But a card like Meddling Mage that rules the competitive landscape does very little for a Commander game and even less for a general multiplayer game
Its not necessarily the most-played, or the most powerful, but a look at the 20 cards that on any given day of the week, float to the top of a slightly larger pool of cards that made waves this year
It reads more like Pay to destroy target creature with toughness 2 or less that blocked this creature If printed today, I see designers playing around with first strike, blight, or deathtouch, because this is too complicated for a common