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Of course, some decks like Ashling the Pilgrim can just use this mana for activated abilities, making it a more flexible card than it might seem

Decks that enjoy clone effects, ETB value, or that can repeatedly blink or copy it (e.g., with Deadeye Navigator or Spark Double) would gain the most benefit, and a casual playgroup that tracks its tally growth across games would enjoy the novelty

The total amount of serialized cards either has a specific meaning like the 77 golden Traveling Chocobo (from Final Fantasy 7 ) for Final Fantasy , or gets a nice round number like 500

Unlike the Iroh promo, its distribution method hasnt been announced anywhere else, either

This can allow a player to completely ignore the mana costs of some of the strongest Dragons printed in Magic's history.

While I think there are discussions to be had about power creep, the main takeaway is that cards are generally stronger now than they were just one decade ago