Back in 2011, I built Boros Landfall in Standard, which was one of my first proper Standard decks, after being glued to the screen watching Paul Rietzl playing it to a second-place finish at Pro Tour Paris
Krabby's design and mechanics have endured across generations due to its straightforward representation of a crab, making it a familiar and approachable Pokmon for players who enjoy aquatic-themed creatures
If this play-before-prerelease feels familiar, thats because the exact same stunt happened during Tarkir: Dragonstorm , when Ornate Imitations began spewing neon-fresh dragonlords a week ahead of schedule: Source: Reddit And players had already noted that Fear of Change could do something similar back in October last year: Source: Reddit In fact, as soon as this week's Arena Announcement said that the FF cards were going to be patched a week before launch, players were already getting their Ornate decks ready
That means forecast compares to haunt much like it did to cipher, with the exception that haunt wants creatures to die (where cipher wants them to survive) and that haunt can target enemy creatures (where cipher can't)
But not just yet
Can't Rewind the Clock Unbanning Looting won't take Modern back to April 2019