Gear can drastically change a heros abilities, just like in the games
As the draw-go tag implies, youll mostly be playing your cards on your opponents turn, reacting to their plays either on the stack with Saw It Coming or on the battlefield with your raft of powerful spot removal
Part of that is because pretty much everything feels playable at the moment
Thankfully Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa explores new territory, aiming for more engaging long-game poison kills rather than the one-and-done infect em out approach
The real constraint was a very small card pool ( Limited Edition , Unlimited Edition, and Arabian Nights ), and card availability
Jeskai gives her access to all of the best energy counter spells weve grown accustomed to, and her proliferation ability is great for ticking up the number of energy counters we have at any given time