Pondering Oath Of Nissa

As we all know by now, Oath of Nissa is basically Ponder because Magic is simple, easy, and we’re all masters at it. Mark Nestico disagrees as it turns out, and he wants to talk a bit about useless comparisons as they apply to evaluating new cards.

Whenever a new card comes out, our first instinct is to immediately compare it to anything even remotely in the same ballpark as it inhabits. Oath of…

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