With 306 cards, it remains a crucial set in Magic's history, influencing tournament play and collector demand
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of The Wind Crystal's first ability)
A+ Tier / Bracket 4: cEDH These are the decks that contain all the raw power of the A+ tier decks but are just a little bit more meta-dependent
Chrome Mox provides these decks with a continuous source of colored mana
Roar of the Fifth People makes you bodies, ramps you, tutors a dinosaur and then just kills your opponents
Blue also loves to play at instant speed, so you hold your mana to play a counterspell or store it if you don't need to cast the instant