February 28th, 2002
10/10's are undeniably large, but that's a statline usually tacked onto a ten mana value creature or higher
The deck's main card is Aleister the Invoker, which searches the deck's fusion spell Invocation and is the main material for all the archetype's fusion monsters
As such, the card is seeing fringe play in Legacy in Aluren as you are able to Venture and complete dungeons, especially Lost Mine of Phandelver
While there have been many cool Birthing Pod decks at various points, the final nail in the coffin was Erik Peterss Grand Prix Omaha 2015 list, one of many big GP finishes for Pod near the end of its Modern Career: Creatures (29) 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Eternal Witness 3 Wall of Roots 1 Orzhov Pontiff 1 Shriekmaw 1 Reveillark 3 Kitchen Finks 1 Murderous Redcap 2 Noble Hierarch 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 1 Scavenging Ooze 2 Restoration Angel 1 Sin Collector 3 Voice of Resurgence 1 Reclamation Sage 3 Siege Rhino Lands (23) Spells (8) While some Pod decks focused on assembling intricate combos, this build is a great example of the value approach, primarily focusing on exploiting enters-the-battlefield and death triggers while making extremely good use of the toolbox Birthing Pod enables
Inteleon is a great utility Pokemon itself, grabbing Trainer Cards from the deck upon each stage of evolution
