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you want to be able to use those cards to make other decks as well

Shifting Grift is an interesting card design, essentially it is always negative card advantage for the person casting it

Then if it has three or more +1/+1 counters on it, transform it

It's been reprinted in a Masters set, a Secret Lair, and even served as one of the Grand Prix promos for a year, and never has it been anything more than just alright

The current market valuation of $40 reflects the sheer community panic regarding how easily this card can completely break early-game pacing

This means that by turn five or six you will likely have nine or ten mana available