Mana Value is still the one, universal benchmark that can make a MTG card great, okay or just bad.
You can support it with a fair game, which Hemsley did somewhat, but it can be a proactive fair game, and I think attacking your opponent from multiple angles makes it a lot harder for them to prepare for (are they trying to stop your creatures/Stoneforge or your graveyard?) Another card that I think is way too good not to see play is Dakkon, Shadow Slayer
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Tierlist No Rank Grade it yourself Table of contents About Lethal Protection Lethal Protection, Sorcery, designed by Nstor Ossandn Leal first released in Jul, 2025 in the set Marvel's Spider-Man Eternal
Once in play, Tasigur's activated ability for four mana allows its controller to mill two cards, then return a nonland card of an opponents choice from their graveyard to their hand
The only difference is that initially investors had a much higher hope for Vraska, Betrayal's Sting