There’s room for long term thinking but truthfully it’s not a huge factor. I will usually make a note if that’s the case but I feel like being in the now is slightly more important than stacking up a newly released card for 5 years into the future.

In terms of Archive Trap – it might just be a better card than Startled Awake? I would ask people more well versed into the format but I can see it being fine after a longer time frame to appreciate.

I really have been on the fence about Goldnight Casitgator, and I do think that situation is capable of happening but with some of the decks I’ve been testing with and see drawing a lot of attention (look to spikes on Reddit) I feel like a 4/9 that gives opponents the better crack back feels out of place even if it is a decent card otherwise.

I think the buy-in is low enough that if anyone feels that strongly about it they can hedge bets. I just dont feel I can endorse it as a better mythic (both for financial and play reasons) than any of the others I listed higher than it.

Not sure how these observations work with your tier system, it seems like it doesn’t gel well with long term thinking.

Goldnight Castigator is the exact type of card that has the potential to be misunderstood by everyone and suddenly shoots up in price if the drawback isn’t as bad as everyone makes it out to be. I’m prepared to be wrong and I have nothing riding on it but I wouldn’t be surprised to hear people talking in a few months about how it should have obviously been a good card because it is easy to mitigate the downside by just killing them or something else.