1 Foil (Any Rarity)
Karn Liberated If youve ever touched a Modern deck, you know the horror of a turn-3 Karn Liberated exiling your lands so you cant play the game
It is hard to know how important it is to keep your land count up compared to the spell you are considering countering
8 mana is rough, but this is a cast trigger, not ETB, so it cannot be traditionally countered with Counterspell and friends
As we've seen, black and white have plenty of options to remove any type of permanent, but if you lean strongly into blue and enemy creatures give you a headache, you may be better served with either temporary removal (bouncing) or doing what blue does best: Use counterspells to handle cards before they become threats
While you may be surprised by how Arceus compares to some of Palkia's most valuable cards, these two Pokemon share the same most valuable card, along with the third member of the Creation Trio, Dialga