We take more educated guesses at what kind of themes could work with these sets, what could feel really resonant in the world were doing this in, and vet all the raw design potential to figure out the best structures, Bowen says
When it dies, you may put its +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature.) Watermark: Wizards of the Coast Illustrated by Chase Stone Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Not Legal Historic Legal Modern Legal Brawl Legal Legacy Legal Comp
Well look through everything in the color identity with thunder, lightning, clouds, and storms
Ace stays reliable
(The copy becomes a token.) A resolving copy of a permanent spell becomes a token, so the token isn't "created." Effects that care about a token being created won't interact with a token that enters the battlefield from Archmage of Echoes's ability
The second problem, and the reason Starmie ex decks dont do great in tournaments, is that they have an unfavorable matchup against Pikachu ex due to that decks slightly superior reliability and Starmies type disadvantage against Electric Pokmon