The lower-level monsters in the "Vendread" archetype resemble many of the creatures in the Resident Evil franchise, while the boss monsters look similar to multiple characters throughout the Image Comics classic, Spawn
Plane - Dominaria Selesnya Loft Gardens If an effect would create one or more tokens, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead
Plenty of other Konami game cards have been released prior, such as the Gradius and itsu cards
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At a glance, Show of Confidence doesn't look that exciting, just putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature for two mana, but it's actually much, much better since it essentially has magecraft storm, copying itself for each instant or sorcery we've cast during the turn