pokemon cards of arceus XY116 - Holofoil XY Promos Promo Card Type Arceus V SR - Japanese

This week, for the first time in a while, we're heading to the Historic format (which has been growing on me again lately) to see if some new additions from The Brothers' War can offer a sweet, competitive Mono-Black Persist Combo deck that costs just 13 rares (and, in all honesty, can cost just nine, but I'm a sucker for running a playset of Castle Locthwain in mono-black decks)

cEDH is a format defined by its fast combos and, in turn, by the interaction players can use to stop said combos

Paired with Bravery Charm, Drifloon and Scream Tail can tank several uses of Gardevoir's ability, thus making the deck able to consistently put up massive damage numbers while not losing the prize trade to the opponent

Its just sort of a stale play experience, especially if Lightning Bolt exists alongside them in the spread