The card was not available in standard booster packs and required participation in specific promotional programs to obtain, which limited the initial supply
You can then sacrifice the token your commander makes to Perilous Research, making it a super-efficient little card draw effect thats very easy to cast
This version of Pidgeot makes excellent use of color and capitalizes on the exquisite Mega Evolution design to make this card stand out
To add a little extra flavor, the five students (Killian, Rootha, Dina, Quintorius, and Zimone) who we followed in the stories about Strixhaven are the five students who cast the spell
The legendary is a six-drop Vampire flyer and it gives all Black dorks +1/+1 (even your foes) and non-Black dorks -1/-1, so that's pretty compelling in a Black brew but it pumps around 20% of your foe's things and it's better in two color decks with multicolor stuff that includes Black
The creatures are chock full with keywords and being aggressive week one of a new Standard format is always a positive
