Whether this is your 100th Prerelease or your first time at your local game store, these are a perfect way to dive into a new set and find your new favorite cards
If you can't tell, sacrificing any kind of mana card permanently is extremely bad in this game, let alone one that gives you a minimal boost
All of that being taken into consideration, Im fairly certain that Hammer of Purphoros is one of the stronger tools an aggro player can have against control in Standard today
Black sees selfishness as a virtue and believes that altruism only encourages weakness
I vividly remember one person who bought a 5,000 card "instant collection" with 50 rares sending me a message saying, "the collection is great, but I'm pretty sure some of these cards are not actually rare (they were, but not all had the gold symbol), I really don't want to leave you negative feedback, but unless you send me some more rares (no offer to return the initial batch) I'll have to." This is a no-win situation for a seller
The more times this Azorius commander enters the battlefield, the more Shard tokens it creates, which can then be used to become copies of non-legendary creatures with strong ETBs like Solitude or Skyclave Apparition at the end of the turn
