gardevoir full art pokemon card TG05/TG30 Stock image Mega Gardevoir EX #178 EXTENDED

Heliod and Cleric Class are the big life gain payoffs for the deck

Im not going to lie - we had a good laugh about it at dinner and my memory is a bit fuzzy, but Im guessing we made sure to rub it in every chance we got for the rest of the weekend

I joined Wizards of the Coast in 2021 after twelve years as the lead designer of another collectible game

The two colors it protects from are fairly common, but the real attraction is the triggered ability

The card is very strong, especially in self-sacrifice decks (also known as Aristocrat decks), as you get the advantage of your creatures dying while forcing your opponents to exile creatures