Artifact-aggro decks like The Blackstaff of Waterdeep and Tempered Steel have already been seeing tournament play, and Nettlecyst immediately becomes the most powerful card in those decks, offering an All That Glitters that costs one more mana but comes with a body that can be moved around for just two mana if it diesthe same cost as All That Glitters
Against decks running Leyline Binding and Prismatic Ending, always try and see if its possible to have either a Ravager, or the red mana to activate a Zabaz to destroy your own Hangarback/Zabaz in response to the exile, to still get your death trigger, as well as the creature in the graveyard
This environment encourages innovation but also increases reliance on serial numbering, parallels, and short-print variations to manufacture scarcity
There are eighteen in total: Decidueye ex (super rare) Dhelmise ex (super rare) Incineroar ex (super rare) Crabominable ex (super rare) Wishiwashi ex (super rare) Alolan Raichu ex (super rare) Lunala ex (super rare) Passimian ex (super rare) Alolan Muk ex (super rare) Solgaleo ex (super rare) Acerola (super rare) Ilima (super rare) Kiawe (super rare) Guzma (super rare) Lana (super rare) Sophocles (super rare) Mallow (super rare) Lillie (super rare) These are all the special art rare cards (two stars) in Celestial Guardians
While it doesnt offer the same explosive pump spell kills as Glistener Elf or Blighted Agent because it has toxic rather than infect, it does do multiple good things