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It grants both hexproof and indestructible, meaning you can shut down just about any form of targeted removal or combat trick
With access to cheap protection/unblockable, teamwide doublestrike, goad and doublers (and triplers!), you no longer need to wait until turn 10 to have that alpha strike
Graded cards are incredibly popular for collectors, as over 50% of occasional collectors own a graded card, and 94% of confirmed collectors who have collected for more than two years own one
You can buy the standard edition for around $60, which looks exactly like the Commander decks youre used to, or you can splash out and get a collectors edition that retails for around $200
Like Ob Nixilis, Raffine has very specific homes that it can go into, but many 60-card constructed decks in Magic: The Gathering Pioneer and back have great rare land cycles that can help cast the card on turn three