[78] About six months after the meeting with Adkison, Garfield had refined the first complete version of his game
Getting to mill four and pick one back up for (effectively) just G is an amazing deal, and the fact youre actually refunded that mana in the form of a flexible Eldrazi Spawn adds tons of fun utility
While some of these new mashups can feel a little thoughtless, most of them make it clear that the creators are fans of the properties that they include and act as love letters to the universes that make an appearance
While it can help if your opponent is on a strategy that involves Fire Energy (with notable examples at the time including Eevee Grove Flareon ex and Shining Revelry Charizard ex), it is otherwise completely useless
The enters-the-battlefield ability will count all the exiled cards, and you'll gain life equal to their total mana values
Of course, the casting cost isnt the only way these equipment cards can be balanced