For years, Gardevoir ex acted as a psychic-type gatekeeper, effectively locking Fighting-type decks out of the top tier with its sheer efficiency and Type advantage
4 Minn, Wily Illusionist Draws Extra Cards & Pumps All Illusions 4,591 Decks on EDHrec.com Blue decks nearly always find ways to cash in on extra card draw, and in Minn, Wily Illusionist's case, that payoff is making a board full of Illusion creature tokens
The Gold Star drops to third remarkable for a tournament promo but its story becomes far more interesting when you look at what it costs raw
That's fine, since you really want to be casting it and bashing or fighting anyway
Talonflame Resistance, Rough Seas, and the fact that I was one of the only Greninja decks playing Lysandre made short work of the once format defining elephant