In other words, the existence of Expressive Iteration allows Midrange and Control decks to keep hands they would otherwise be forced to mulligan
Old Gnawbone Old Gnawbone was a shocker when it came out, though it was followed up by Ancient Bronze Dragon soon after
That said, Steve Wolfman top 8ed that Pro Tour with the most unusual list among them, a Bant Ramp deck that bore a lot of resemblance to Gifts Ungiven decks, but instead of playing Gifts Ungiven, he just played Umezawas Jitte instead: Creatures (18) 4 Sakura-Tribe Elder 1 Patron of the Kitsune 1 Hokori, Dust Drinker 2 Meloku the Clouded Mirror 4 Yosei, the Morning Star 3 Orochi Sustainer 1 Myojin of Cleansing Fire 2 Kodama of the North Tree Lands (22) Spells (20) In many ways, his list really played out like a post-sideboard version of Gifts, making little decisions to try to maximize that part of the experience, rather than much around with any of the Cranial Extraction or Hana Kami stuff
This surge foiling is a striking foil treatment and matches the treatment used in our Warhammer 40,000 Commander decks
