gold tadpole pokemon card Gold-plated my mother found : r/IsMyPokemonCardFake this is my gold plated

The expensive final ability does not trigger the second effect, but you'd rather have it as a mana sink than not have it at all

It aims to prevent "pub-stomping" (crushing casual players) while avoiding being too weak

As a deck, it's a solid reanimator deck with both playable commanders a great choice to lead a reanimator deck

It also helps that, at full discount, Treasure Cruise is only (U) instead of (U)(U) that's required to cast Dig Through Time

Buyback asks that you pay the additional cost as you cast the card from your hand to put the card back in your hand after it resolves

If an effect allows you to cast a spell that has escalate without paying its mana cost, you pay escalate costs for that spell if you choose more than one mode