These cards are designed to be weak enough to never really be first picks while acting as workhorse cards to fill any slots for drafters who find themselves in a difficult position late in the draft
Magic: The Gathering is a collectible card game created by mathematician Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast in 1993
Also, as you might expect, proliferating your opponents' poison counters is a strong strategy for winning games, and cards like Inexorable Tide or Contagion Engine are effective ways to achieve this
#6 Persistent Petitioners (#595 then #593, #598, and #596) Persistent Petitioners (595) Secret Lair Drop Series Market Price: $244.06 Market Price: $78.88 Market Price: $102.06 Market Price: $136.90 Similar to the Secret Lair Shadowborn Apostle, theres a series of unique variants of Persistent Petitioners another card that ignores the deckbuilding clause allowing you to run as many as you wish
Surprisingly, out of the top five most played decks of the format the Jeskai Tempo deck is significantly cheaper than the other top four decks even after the Mantis Rider, Goblin Rabblemaster, and Dig Through Time spikes