Each one starts with a single ability, and with hard work, determination, and okay, yes, some mana, you can level them up to level 2 and level 3 in order to access additional powerful abilities
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A toughness boost of only one wont always help your creature survive, but I think the Trample and Role upside make up for that
It a way it discounts your spells allowing you to ramp into bigger spells earlier: a sort of ramp
The wording of abilities also puts specific limits on when they can be used: if an activated ability has as a cost that says "discard this card", it can only be used when the card is in your hand, not when you have played the card and it is on the battlefield, or in the graveyard
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