The planeswalker half is in a poor position of having an extremely threatening ultimate, so players are incentivized to get rid of it, but having fairly weak alternate abilities outside the ultimate
Suddenly, it is a lot harder for Illumineers [players] to remove a bodyguard like The PrinceNever Gives Up by simply challenging it
The earlier Gaeas Cradle comes into play, the more mana it yields: on turn 1, itll produce 1 mana, but starting from turn 2, its value scales depending on how quickly you can flood the field, and by turn three, youre looking at an income of maybe four mana or higher
This template and guide are tools to help with the initial deck construction process
, : This artifact deals damage equal to the number of pin counters on it to any target
If you draw them later in the game, they're essentially dead cards that won't provide any value to you or power to your board