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In their article, Wizards states, Modern continues to be in a healthy spot, however, the Izzet Murktide deck nevertheless remains the most popular archetype in competitive play. Thankfully, this popularity hasnt reached problematic levels just yet

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Scarlet and Violet 8.5's popularity and demand can be put down to a number of factors however in my opinion there are 3 main reasons why this set has elicited so much hype

Granted, its non-tokens only, but at minimum creatures that already enter with counters come in with more, and any deck relying on counters (energy, experience, etc.) gets a steady flow of extra counters simply by playing creatures