The animal classes playing into village tropes, the seasons making use of paw prints, the various animal-centric abilities (forage, valiant, and expend) all reinforced the set's core theme, animals, in a way that made players quite happy
Players could use it defensively to save their creature or temporarily remove an attack, or proactively to blink their large creature or temporarily remove a blocker
In addition to the promo card, the pack came bundled with a selection of booster packs from sets like Dragon Blast [BW5], Dark Rush [BW4], Hail Blizzard [BW3], and Red Collection [BW2], offering players and collectors a robust sampling of various Gen 5 sets
It was formally adopted in July 2019 following a trial period at Mythic Championship London, replacing the Vancouver Mulligan that had been in use since 2015