The cards strong stats are one thing, but its artwork is another reason that Simba, Returned King has become one of the most valuable Lorcana cards to date
Counterpunch Commander (1) Creature (26) Aquastrand Spider Deadly Recluse Sakura-Tribe Elder Scavenging Ooze Monk Realist Selesnya Evangel Golgari Guildmage Selesnya Guildmage Nantuko Husk Fertilid Spawnwrithe Vampire Nighthawk Spike Feeder Yavimaya Elder Squallmonger Penumbra Spider Sigil Captain Shriekmaw Dark Hatchling Teneb, the Harvester Hornet Queen Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter Symbiotic Wurm Celestial Force Karador, Ghost Chieftain Chorus of the Conclave Instant (7) Doom Blade Tribute to the Wild Footbottom Feast Afterlife Mortify Nemesis Trap Cobra Trap Sorcery (9) Alliance of Arms Cultivate Harmonize Syphon Flesh Bestial Menace Hex Hour of Reckoning Death Mutation Storm Herd Enchantment (10) Soul Snare Fists of Ironwood Necrogenesis Vow of Malice Awakening Zone Vow of Wildness Oblivion Ring Vow of Duty Attrition Aura Shards Artifact (8) Skullclamp Sol Ring Golgari Signet Lightning Greaves Orzhov Signet Selesnya Signet Darksteel Ingot Acorn Catapult Land (39) Barren Moor Command Tower Evolving Wilds Golgari Rot Farm Orzhov Basilica Rupture Spire Secluded Steppe Selesnya Sanctuary Temple of the False God Tranquil Thicket Vivid Grove Vivid Marsh Vivid Meadow Swamp x8 Forest x10 Plains x8 Commanders, Themes, and Strategy Counterpunch (sounds almost like a blue deck) is the Abzan-colored graveyard shenanigans deck that looks to create mana and board advantage with sacrifice and group-sacrifice effects that it benefits from
At this point there are only 2 or 3 cards in all of Disney Lorcana that this couldnt potentially tutor into your hand
But sadly nowadays, with UW playing Kaheera and UR playing Delve spells it is not really the right time to pack a playset of good ol Snaps
Casting one-mana sorceries throws a wrench into that curve, forcing players to take a turn off of representing their spell
