How many creatures in the game are even as good as Dark Confidant
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Each plays a specific role in the game and a good deck will often need a good mixture of all of them to be successful
It spends the early game accruing mana, before throwing down knights like Vona, Eowyn and Cavalier of Dawn to head off emergent threats, before following up with equipment like Argentum Armor, Sunforger, and Heartseeker which with Equip Knight (0), is pretty dang good
Recent chase cards include the Pikachu ex special art rare from Surging Sparks and the terastallized Umbreon ex special art rare from Prismatic Evolutions
Make sure to pay attention to these differences when you buy non-Standard sets so that you have a full understanding of what to buy