Shadowy Backstreet is my pick for card of the year, standing in for the cycle of surveil lands from Murders at Karlov Manor
Set: Mirage Forest () Japanese counterpart to EX Legend Maker
The combination of collector appeal (GSP, 4 Manga Rares), competitive relevance (meta-defining leaders still in rotation), and the 2nd Anniversary scarcity factor positions OP-09 as one of the strongest long-term holds in the One Piece Card Game
About five years ago, those types of cards were much better since cubes were slower, but with many cubes adopting aggressive strategies and getting more efficient removal options, things like the Vindicate test (where you get an effect out of it if the creature dies at sorcery speed, so Consecrated Sphinx passes that test) hamper its effectiveness, but it does protect itself well if you are able to untap with it since you can turn just about any blue card into a counterspell or draw card
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