Part Birds of Paradise, part Scavenging Ooze, part Grim Lavamancer, the Shaman was banned in Modern and Legacy but never broke into Standard or Pioneer, although a critical mass of pseudo-fetchlands will eventually push it into playability
In Ikoria (2020), we again return to only one card in the set, this time with Lukka
Although time will tell how future battles work compared to this first batch, the outlook is bright for this brand-new card type to inject some novelty into a game that hasnt seen this level of iteration since the introduction of planeswalkers in 2008
I dont see them getting substantially worse anytime soon, as they count as permanents and can help you cast cards before you should be able to in a game of Magic, as Garfield intended
Collecting elusive Pokmon cards exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic but hasnt petered off as much as other lockdown activities have in the intervening years