edmund mcmillen mtg card A Conversation With (Super Meat Boy, Binding Of Isaac, The End Is Nigh) From my interview with Edmund

Nowadays, it's almost expected for your best creatures to come with an enter the battlefield trigger

They have either no need for lots of mana or they have other ways to cast their spells and generate more mana

Naturally, the Gruul Clans are a natural fit for me in Magic

Ethersworn Canonist Ethersworn Canonist slots nicely into many stax decks

As mentioned earlier the Initiative-introducing cards are not really that great if you subtract the Initiative part

This two-card combo ensures that you can keep practically any creature off the board, letting you swing in with a massive Kelsien once you've built up enough counter