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The companion ability has no effect if the card is in your starting deck and creates no restriction on putting a card with a companion ability into your starting deck

As for this particular variant being so expensive

Even as a glass-half-full kinda guy, I don't blame them for being cynical in this case

MTG's release schedule for 2026 is already confirmed to have three in-multiverse sets and three UB sets

The rest may be placed on your bench while they wait to battle it out

As a balance for this drawback, Flubs allows you to draw a card when casting or playing land if your hand is already empty, encouraging burning through your resources as much as possible