Illustrated masterfully by Rika a relatively new Pokmon card artist best known for the Pokmon 151 Dragonair Illustration Rare this card lets us see a more docile version of Mela
Equipping it to a creature with protective abilities like hexproof or indestructible could help keep you alive a bit longer
Since their effect is so strong, theyll be a high-priority target for removal spells
However, you can also take a combo route, filling your graveyard with creatures, then exiling your own graveyard with something like Bojuka Bog to chain together a huge number of triggers
On one side, you had the original art, courtesy of noted gross-stuff artist Tom Baxa, and on the other side, you had Carl Critchlows cute squirrels: With this years version, you get to split the difference, as Volkan Bagas depiction features a marshy fen filled with skeletons, but the skeletons are scoring a non-zero on the cuteness scale
Brawl Not Legal Vintage Legal Timeless Not Legal Commander Legal Pauper Not Legal Oathbreaker Legal Penny Not Legal Toolbox Notes and Rules Information for Xyris, the Writhing Storm: If a spell or ability causes an opponent to put cards into their hand without specifically using the word "draw," it's not a card drawn
