Building Maralen with a heavy Faerie core keeps the tribal synergies intact, while additional payoffs for playing cards you dont ownsimilar to those seen in Outlaws of Thunder Junctionpush the deck into truly oppressive territory
The joke used to be that group hug was always aiming for second place, helping opponents kill each other and then essentially conceding to the final opponent
Resist reduces the damage dealt to a card by the amount it states - so Resist 2, on Tiana, Celebrating Princess, reduces damage by 2
[1] The Card Reprint Policy featuring the Reserved List was first published by Wizards of the Coast on March 4, 1996, in response to concerns that reprints were diminishing the value of cards as collectibles
The power of the card for its cost but not concerning their different colours must be taken into account
Differentiating between the top couple cards in the set is more important to me than judging whether some niche sideboard card is C or D tier