Equally powerful decks such as Branded Despia, Bystial Dragon Link, and Mathmech also saw consistent representation in recent competitive events, and they make for solid strategies to counter the Kashtira/Spright meta
As the second release in the Mega Evolution Series, this fiery set brings electrifying new cards, headlined by Mega Charizard X ex and Mega Gengar ex
This is a major foundation for a huge number of combo decks in modern, legacy, and commander
and Thrun, the Last Troll
With a decline in combo and more options for aggro decks Vampiric Tutor has seen a drop in use but remains easier to include than Demonic Tutor
I played a lot of the games (starting with Forbidden Memories) and even got in to online competitive play for a brief time in college, just before the mechanics of the game became absurdly complicated