friends in paldea pokemon card - 137/131 perfectly sized for taking your favorite cards on the go Pokemon TCG - Paldea Friends

Even though the card is a mutant ninja turtle and not a warrior, its ability works really well here

Notably, this is the first truly new card type (as opposed to a subtype) that Magic has seen since Lorwyn brought MTG Planeswalkers to the game all the way back in 2007

With Underworld Breach making spell-based combo a threat again, you might do well to have some cheap or free counterspells in your deck

When using the Shift 5 ability, which allows the six-cost card to be played one turn early if a cheaper Merlin can be commandeered for the cause, Merlin gets to make use of another feature called Overdeveloped Brain