bargain mtg cards VOW] Demonic : r/magicTCG Put two of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Bargain - MTG Mechanics Explained

In the end, I think Brian won out, but only because the rules text didn't fit if it used the +1/+1 counter rules text

Mostly they were activated abilities, but a couple were costs of a triggered ability

Casual/CommanderPlay of the Game: Perilous Vault costs nine mana to pull this same effect off

Just look at Winged Words

In a deeply interactive format playing only sorcery speed is annoying, and it also stops a ton of cards such as Cascade spells, Shelldock Island, Instant Madness cards and Bring to Light

If you and I both have a copy of Narset in play, we can't draw more than one card per turn, but we both can still use impulse-like effects like Narset's own ability