I see this as a small impact, though, and I dont believe crypto-bros are a main driver, just one of many. With popular sets like the ones were seeing now, the long-term return on investment will likely be a lot higher
I'm sure I'm not the only one here whose decision-making was unsettled by the bans
Given the generally low mana-curve in Modern, cards exiled with the pirate monkey will usually be castable with the help of the Treasures and almost any card is worth playing as it simply generates card advantage
IT is not sacrificed until you can not remove a counter to its upkeep trigger
Each meld pair consists of two specific cards whose back faces combine to form one oversized Magic card face: Midnight Scavengers and Graf Rats meld to form Chittering Host
Creature (9) 2x Adamaro, First to Desire 4x Birds of Paradise 3x Horizon Chimera Land (24) 2x Crumbling Necropolis 4x Evolving Wilds 6x Forest 2x Island 4x Mountain 4x Savage Lands 2x Swamp Enchantment (6) 2x Forced Fruition 4x Spiteful Visions Artifact (4) 4x Howling Mine Instant (13) 3x Cerebral Vortex 4x Fog 2x Gaze of Adamaro 4x Harrow Sorcery (4) 4x Toil / Trouble Pardon the unoriginal name and hilarious "curve", if you can call it that