Often this consists of simple reprints and reskins of existing Magic cards, but Final Fantasy marked a turning point because it was a totally new set that was entirely legal to play in Standard
but that would ruin the narrative and mechanical cohesion of the spellbook
If what were blowing up includes mana rocks, then weve paid back part of the spells cost
I think youll always be reasonably happy with the first copy of this, but running more than that is pretty risky

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