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Thanks to them, you gain victory points (lore), use their unique abilities, or destroy opponent's characters

However, there are decks like Merfolk Tribal that are going to play a ton of Islands anyways

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Theres a lot of value here, and makes itself a home in tons of decks simply by being both an outlet and enabler for sacrifice strategies like aristocrats

Weve had a chance to see how powerful he is in the new starter deck