Sometimes there are obvious cards or combos that I didn't even think of when I was deck-building, such as Phyrexian Dreadnought, which Abe Sargent pointed out to me would have fit right into my Curie, Emergent Intelligence list a few weeks ago
Meld has a lot to it that makes it tricky to bring back often in addition to all the rules baggage it has as we just talked about, it requires a change in the printing process
A single Swords to Plowshares would set Anti-Venom back to square one, which is potentially devastating
This is doubly true for dual strike, which allows you to copy an up to four mana cost spell for the low-low price of one red
Known for its focus on control, artifact synergies, and battlefield manipulation, Esper has reappeared in other sets, like the Obscura family from Streets of New Capenna , which introduced a more aggressive approach rather than the controlling gameplay Esper decks usually had