But Black, almost more than any other color in the set, delivered a toolkit of cards that feel like they were pulled straight from your favorite nightmare (or final fantasy, get it?) and into your decklist
Best case it is two Doom Blades
It's strong everywhere, but it has enhanced value in archetypes that care about counters generally, +1/+1 counters specifically, proliferate tricks for multicolor brews looking to add loyalty counters for their planeswalkers, four and five-color decks, Commanders with evasion, Commanders with a power that, when increased by 1 get a faster kill, Equipment, Aura, and Voltron decks looking to get in kills with their Commander, and loads more
The card is a cornerstone of any serious vintage Pokemon collection, a benchmark for the broader market, and one of the most liquid and consistently traded high-end cards in the hobby
Power/Toughness3/3