mtg alternative cost cards Ask a Magic Judge — If I cast a spell without paying it's mana cost, Alternative Costs in MTG: Rules,

USE EVERY PART OF THE BALOTH Conceptually, at least, the big appeal of effects with sacrifice costs is they do more than non-sacrifice equivalents

When this creature dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature

Comparing it to Secret Arcade // Dusty Parlor from the same precon, I find this card less universally useful

Again, Planeswalkers aren't creatures, and they don't have power or toughness unless they're Gideon Blackblade, who turns into a creature on your turn

Its eminence ability isnt terrible by any means, but its hard to put it at the top of the list when there are so many good wizards out there

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