While this will cost you cards from your hand, the extra cards you draw from your Leader effect should be enough to let you pull ahead of your opponent
The purpose seems to be so that the Willow suit , which has three scoring cards, takes the role of the number 2 in a mekurifuda deck, which also has three scoring cards ( it is also worth mentioning that it is impossible to play certain mekuri games with a hanafuda deck if the standard month sequence is used, unless one junk of each month is marked to distinguish it from the other ), and that the Phoenix card takes the role of the 6 of Clubs in a mekurifuda deck, which is usually overprinted with a gold ( kotobuki , longevity)
Its always good to have an active player perspective and for someone that is a complete noob its fascinating to see the list and understand why some bulk can be better than other bulk
Medicine Runner This card originally specifically removed a -1/-1 counter, but we broadened it to remove any counter in our attempt to create more interactions between the Lorwyn and Shadowmoor blocks (and, one could argue, Magic in general) Mercy Killing This is another area that I keep goofing around in
Pokmon have a specific type which correlates to the type of Energy that you can use with them
Instead, they give us modal cards that do sideboard-type things, but have much better fail case than sideboard cards
