While in RTR the truly awful cards were Aquus Steed, Chronic Flooding, Destroy the Evidence, Drainpipe Vermin, Shrieking Affliction, Sphere of Safety, Survey the Wreckage, Oak Street Innkeeper, and Urban Burgeoning, with only five of those at common, GTC presents us such gems as Hydroform, Primal Visitation, Guildscorn Ward, Contaminated Ground, Dying Wish, Illness in the Ranks, Mental Vapors, Crackling Perimeter, Structural Collapse, Tin Street Market, Furious Resistance (no, it is not a red Smite, people!), Alpha Authority, Predator's Rapport, Serene Remembrance, Coerced Confession, and Skyblinder Staff
[169] In addition, until 2007, some of the better players had opportunities to compete for a small number of scholarships
Ballesteros brought a defensive Metamorphosis toolbox supported by Fusilier Dragon, Gravekeeper's Spy, Hydrogeddon and several Monarchs
The deck's plan was to use Treasure Hunt and Splendid Reclamation to create an absurd amount of mana, and then use its MTG commander Roalesk, Prime Specimen to conjure game-ending creatures
Quick Effects can both be activated in an open game state as well as a closed one, though it's not all that can be activated in both, as some have a specific timing that responds to something, such as a card or effect being activated
