I'll never talk about Lands in the main part of the article, but some artifacts are fun enough for me to talk about in terms of a monster design
and Mickey Mouse, Courageous Sailor aren't necessarily bad cards, but they don't contribute to the Pirate strategy , wasting resources that could be better spent perfecting your game plan
This had less than a year before it was wildly outclassed
Tifa Lockhart (Borderless) (Surge Foil) Printing Foil Condition Near Mint (NM) Rarity Rare Number 536 Market Price $102.54 All of the Tifa cards seem to be fetching some reasonably high prices on the secondary market right now (even the more common Tifa, Martial Artist), but it's the character's borderless foil Tifa Lockhart card that's hitting up to $100
Here, these are some Defenders that make me cringe less than others: The best Defender creatures are ones that support our tribe (Axebane Guardian), interact with the board in a meaningful way (Junktroller), bring some needed utility to the deck (Mnemonic Wall), or are super efficient beaters with extra bells and whistles (Wall of Denial)
Time has been kind to affinity since then and it now has plenty of options without any need of using old broken power cards to fill out the ranks