"Dash [cost]" means "You may cast this card by paying [cost] rather than its mana cost," "If this spell's dash cost was paid, return the permanent this spell becomes to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step," and "As long as this permanent's dash cost was paid, it has haste." If you choose to pay the dash cost rather than the mana cost, you're still casting the spell
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Iconic early-era card frame and artwork
Stronghold is the 41st expansion for Magic: the Gathering, published by Wizards of the Coast on March, 2nd 1998
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Rottenmouth Viper I dont know if I want to sacrifice creature tokens for this, so Ill likely ditch to Food tokens or Clue tokens