Across 20 packs, I had a total of eight hits, which beats my dreadful experience with Prismatic Evolutions hands down - that yielded a big fat zero Illustrated Rares from 36 packs
Surges Voltorb, Giovannis Nidoran m, Brocks Geodude, Fervor, Blaines Doduo, Sabrinas Abra (Pound), Mistys Horsea, Blaines Charmander, Kogas Ekans, Kogas Grimer, Sabrinas Gastly (Lick), Erikas Oddish, Blaines Growlithe, Sabrinas Drowzee, Mistys Magikarp, Mistys Poliwag, Giovannis Machop, Kogas Koffing, Sabrinas Porygon, Lt
As mentioned, it being an exile turns off so many strategies, and being able all of the most common permanent types, bar lands, means it's an emergency button that ultimately slows games back down to a crawl
Plus, the collector boosters for the set have at least 5 rares each and several borderless, foil and foil-etched cards, which do not appear in other packs, look fantastic and the load of EDH staples does well in value over time
More importantly, the new videos make the divisive cards look a lot better than they did in promo materials
Card bans affect MTG Arena just as they do paper Magic - so the above MTG banlists apply to Arena too
