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And if your spell was more than one color, you'll layer them up
While he's only a 2/2, whenever Pashalik Mons or any other goblin you control dies, you deal 1 damage to any creature, player, or Planeswalker
My line of thought back then was its better to have a card in hand I want to cast, than have a creature or land Im not currently using, and while weve seen similar effects printed since then, most of those will be two mana or more (outside of Village Rites)
Yes, moving counters from one permanent to a second counts as putting counters on that second card , which matters for effects like Doubling Season or Emperor of Bones
Eminence is a very silly ability, providing mana from a zone that cannot be interacted with