Thanks to its versatility, simple yet effective mechanics, and ability to work like a charm with any decent offensive card strategy, Arceus VSTAR is a dangerous threat, and everyone has to be aware of them
As ever, its hard to get the full story arc across in the tools a card game has availablea few scattered pieces of flavour text and small art pieces on every cardbut the feel of the world being corrupted is on point
But because it's usually paired with Lightning Helix and a now even more ridiculous Jeskai Revelation, the Lute version of "shields down" seems a lot different from everyone else's version of "shields down." Still, as far as Pro Tour Secrets of Strixhaven went, this Secrets of Strixhaven card did not crack the Top 8
Assuming we are willing to sacrifice a creature, which we usually are thanks to our one-drops, Diabolic Intent gives us a Demonic Tutor to snag whatever combo piece we are missing