Torpor Orb is primarily for Splinter Twin and Birthing Pod decks, but its also useful against a lot of other decks if you keep your eyes open
Protection wins games
What might Arita do with the settings other animal folk, which will include anthropomorphic raccoons, bats, and other critters
#18: Recurring Nightmare Weve already touched on a few Recurring Nightmare decks this month, but the biggest win for the card has got to be Brian Seldens 1998 World Championship list: Creatures (24) 1 Spike Weaver 1 Verdant Force 1 Tradewind Rider 4 Wall of Blossoms 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Man-o'-War 2 Nekrataal 2 Uktabi Orangutan 2 Spike Feeder 2 Wall of Roots 1 Spirit of the Night 1 Orcish Settlers 1 Cloudchaser Eagle 1 Thrull Surgeon Lands (22) Spells (14) Sideboard While Recurring Nightmare is most often thought of as part of Survival of the Fittest strategies, it has also enjoyed a fair bit of success in B/G Rock decks, just using it for value and in combo decks seeking to loop it, with any number of creatures that effectively net you mana each time
That said, there are still limits keeping this brackets decks in check, with turn six wins being the encouraged goal
The $1.7 million sale also pushed Charizard into a different category of high-end collecting, becoming the first Charizard card reported to pass the million-dollar mark