Especially, if you go kid on 8 mana and then on 10 do wire into kid into event, it is really gg
Imagine driving a Porsche at 200 miles per hour on a busy highway, when your speedometer instantly drops down to 10 miles per hour
While a graded 9 copy was valued at approximately $40,800 in 2022, a graded 10 copy realized a record sale of $102,000 in 2026
Long version: In the modern color pie, red is the color for fast-mana effects (called "rituals" after the old Dark Ritual)
First strike and double strike combat sequence Beginning of combat Declare attackers Declare blockers Assign combat damage (first strike and double strike creatures) Assign combat damage (double strike creatures and normal creatures) End of combat Creatures with double strike apply damage in the first combat step as first strike damage, then also apply damage again (the same amount) in the second combat step
It's way too expensive just for the card draw, though, and you'll normally play it for the rest of the effects: chapter two can fix your mana on top of giving you a big body, and Avatar Kyoshi can get you a big boost of mana