The ultimate goal for most players is to reach the top spot and eventually compete in serious competitions.
But Animar can be answered by targeted removal of the Red (Chaos Warp, burn before the counters arrive), Blue (Pongify effects, Imprisoned in the Moon, stealing, bounce), and Green (Beast Within, Desert Twister, Song of the Dryads, etc)
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You will have some duplicates in a bunch of packs but that is exactly what you want when you are just starting out: Duplicates become currency amongst friends and fellow collectors, and having the ability to have multiple copies of useful cards allows you to build functional decks without decreasing your collection
Despite only ever having been printed as a planeswalker, Ugin is still an elder dragon
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