Play an Evolving Wilds and get four +1/+1 counters with Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor or start a real estate enterprise with Preston Garvey, just to name a couple examples
Its rarely going to cost eight, and more often around four
That doesn't even include promos or other special kinds of cards
From all the clever mechanics to the brilliant design, these might be the best double-face cards yet made
On paper you would think Sphinx of Jwar Isle was largely more playable being only one colour and costing 6 for a 5/5 rather than 7 for a 6/6
If you do, until Vesuvan Shapeshifter is turned face down, it becomes a copy of that creature, except it has At the beginning of your upkeep, you may turn this creature face down. Vesuvan Shapeshifter normally costs five mana, but you can cast it as a morph card for three, and then it only costs two mana to flip