This provides a lot of value throughout the game
At the time, we could only make this work with single-elimination drafts, which is a more punishing tournament structure, but we felt it was a worthwhile trade-off
Think of it like paying mana: If an effect required you to pay 5 mana, you couldn't pay 4 mana and go mana-negative
They have a subtle prismatic effect while keeping the main focus of the card intact and clear up in the foreground, giving it excellent contrast and even better eye candy
Therefore, in the event that you used Bill the Pony as your Commander, youd only be able to construct your deck with Colorless and/or White cards
This is casual land, and that extra mana is almost never going to matter because its not like youve been Doom Blading on the second turn consistently