roxanne pokemon --card 150/189 - Astral Radiance Trainer Card Lot - x4 Supporter / / Card Text Pokemon roxanne wolf 4

In a format with an ever growing abundance of artifacts, and with it, more cards like Austere Command, Farewell and Vandalblast getting played, returning your own to hand with Retract over having them get exiled or destroyed isnt bad

Forcing your opponent to devote resources to replace the Kirlia makes it less likely that they will find what they need later on

Its pretty rare for new rules to be introduced to accommodate just a single card, but at time of writing Hakbal is the only card that makes multiple creatures explore simultaneously

While he doesn't do well against a couple of 2/2 blockers he does rather better against a 4/4 one

It was just too good to pass up

Cast out of the Conclave generations ago, these elves found a home in the corrupted districts of the Golgari