No Mercy If a creature dares to cause combat damage to you, it'll be destroyed
The core of the change is that we're no longer assuming split cards have two sets of characteristics when they're not on the stack
Crystalline Giant only puts counters on itself, but you can play ways to move counters, like Slippery Bogbonder, and move them over to Me later in the game
That said, we should expect to see more and more Universes Beyond sets as the basis for experimenting with new design space, and as long as they arent irrevocably changing the meta landscape (Im looking at you, The One Ring), Im excited to see them
A basic magnifying glass might reveal enough detail if you position your light source correctly
Here are examples of these changes over the last year: All Cephalids became Octopuses All Viashinos became Lizards All Nagas became Snakes Cephalids, Viashinos, and Nagas are all types that never received any sort of typal support, but now that theyve taken on new creature types they have simultaneously gained access to new support while expanding the number of creatures with their new typing