The most effective approach follows the traditional color pie that defines both identity and gameplay mechanics: White - The color of order and protection that focuses on efficient creatures, removal spells, and defensive strategies Blue - The color of knowledge and control that emphasizes card draw, counterspells, and manipulating the game state Black - The color of power and ambition that utilizes life as a resource, creature removal, and graveyard interactions Red - The color of freedom and emotion that delivers fast aggression, direct damage, and chaotic effects Green - The color of nature and growth that ramps mana, plays large creatures, and destroys artifacts and enchantments Colorless/Multicolor - Cards that either require no specific mana or combine multiple colors for hybrid strategies and flexible deck-building options This sets up a very simple organization system: color
This means that The List reprints do next to nothing to affect the price of the most sought-after cards at the mythic rarity
A 1/4 is also a reasonably effective defensive creature, so Matoya, Archon Elder looks quite good in a control deck
A Token copy of a Melded card (yes, you can do that - it's just big, but it's still a card) will have only the characteristics of the Melded card (it doesn't get anything from the front faces) and has a mana value of zero
Excited to sleeve up a Sephiroth deck
Huey, Louie, Webby Vanderquack, Della Duck, and Gyro Gearloose all make appearances alongside Minnie Mouse, Hei Hei, Simba, and more all at a cost below four ink
