However, despite its relatively affordable price, this Melmetal card is on the expensive side, considering Melmetal's tepid popularity and lack of gorgeous art
How did this card end up so bad
Pull Rates (era estimates) Illustration Rare (any) ~1 in 9 packs Ultra Rare (any) ~1 in 12 packs Special Illustration Rare (any) ~1 in 90 packs Specific SIR ~1 in 500600 packs Mega Hyper Rare ~1 in 1,0001,800 packs Based on Mega Evolution era community data
The leader of the deck would be Aminatou, the Fateshifter, a captivating character that has regrettably no lore
Three Visits and Nature's Lore are premium, but cards like Entish Restoration and Harrow are also great as you get two landfall triggers from one card
The one matchup where the cant be countered would have been important is Delver , but that matchup is good enough and the combo matchups winnable enough that I often run sideboard hate for combo/control matchups and less so for Delver