The explosive launch of Space Marine 2, the best Warhammer 40k game in years, can only have helped matters, and in fact could be the driving force for this spike
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That's likely due to Tolkien's high-fantasy world being so similar that one could imagine Middle-earth as just another of Magic's many planes
Its a sideboard staple whenever it pops up in Standard, and there should be a playset in every sideboard
The theory is that, as Yedora3 brings back non-token creatures as face down and lands, the ability does not remove the interaction between Morph or disguise and being face down - I can morph in a creature, turn it face up for effect, throw it at the enemy to get it killed, bring it back as a face-down card that is a forest, then flip it face up (again) for its morph cost
Fighting Energy [1st Edition] #97 Pokemon Base Set Keep track of your collection value over time