In fact, when Bill Rose wrote the article explaining the difference happening in the rules with Sixth Edition, he made only one apologyhow this one rules change would make my puzzles a little harder to create
Transforming into [c]Awoken Horror[/c] bounces all other creatures and leaves your opponent wide open
Energy counters are an unusual resource in Magic: The Gathering : Unlike mana, energy doesn't drain between turns or phases, and unlike Treasures and Gold they can't be stolen by opponents or used to fuel effects like affinity
Pull From Tomorrow ($2) The whole father/son thing with Jecht and Tidus is going to move some prices on mediocre cards like this
I can see this deck wanting to use all its mana, where Birds of Paradise is better, but I also think the advantage of getting a Food left over if the opponent kills Gilded Goose is pretty big, and I like that it does something proactive as the game goes long in making Food
Obviously exiling instead of sacrificing is a big deal, but Sothera requires everyone to have creatures in play for it to stick around