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For real. Shroud and Ward are interesting because they make you make decisions. With Shroud you’re making trade-offs during deckbuilding and with Ward it’s during the games. But Hexproof doesn’t force any decisions. It just says “sorry, no interacting”. I can sort of see Hexproof being okay on instants like [[Tamiyo’s Safekeeping]], but even then, what percentage of games would actually play out differently if that card granted Shroud instead?
More shroud cards, cowards.
For real. Shroud and Ward are interesting because they make you make decisions. With Shroud you’re making trade-offs during deckbuilding and with Ward it’s during the games. But Hexproof doesn’t force any decisions. It just says “sorry, no interacting”. I can sort of see Hexproof being okay on instants like [[Tamiyo’s Safekeeping]], but even then, what percentage of games would actually play out differently if that card granted Shroud instead?