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More than 20,000 simulated Brothers' War drafts later, and we can really start to get a feel for the lay of the land, with a clear sense of which cards are popular and which are always left till the very end, like Bounty chocolates mouldering in a box of Celebrations

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Ranar the Ever-Watchful is an amazing blink payoff, and I like how the bottom ability is paid off by multiple blink and removal effects in the deck

Energy cards Energy cards are attached to Pokmon to power up their attacks (or retreat if they're starting to look hurt)