On the flip side, you can wait to see what the cards cost when buying individually, but this could end up being hundreds of dollars, if not north of $1,000
Now the real work can begin.
Excluding cards with indestructible, Heartless Act only comes up short against large Walking Ballistas, Scavenging Oozes that have already activated, and Humans that benefited from +1+1 synergies
It also doesnt care about player count, removing an external factor you wont have control over for its cost reduction
Ordering a single Commander deck with their option for 100 cards (which leaves plenty of room for some tokens in addition to the deck) is about $30, or a little more than a quarter per card, compared to a flat hundred from Printing Proxies
These properties derive from commonplace associations with the colors themselves, and from the practical considerations of creating good gameplay