2 Trainer prize card was issued to the second place prize winner in 1999's Mega Battle Tournament, a seven-tournament grand slam culminating in a finals in Hawaii
You can deploy your Thopteryx on turn two, then follow it up with key legendary creatures, safe in the knowledge that they can take refuge from removal under its broad bronze wings
Countermagic : Mystic Snake, Frilled Mystic, Draining Whelk Reanimation : Karmic Guide, Phyrexian Delver, Extraction Specialist Milling : Manic Scribe, Thieves' Guild Enforcer, Sage's Row Denizen Self-Milling : Stitcher's Supplier, Satyr Wayfinder, Balustrade Spy Discard : Burglar Rat, Mesmeric Fiend, Sin Collector Goading : Insufferable Balladeer, Jeering Homunculus, Vengeful Ancestor "Gain Control" effects : Hostage Taker, Agent of Treachery, Gonti, Lord of Luxury Clones : virtually all of them, though a few are decently pricey
All cards are authentic English-version Magic cards, most in Near Mint or Mint condition
Cenote Scout is costed to see play in Standard in some aggro decks or even typal merfolk decks in other formats
