Animar fits into the Temur Midrange Ramp archetype , where its ability to keep growing larger and reducing the cost of your other creatures make it into a credible threat
The Financial Value of Alpha For years, Alpha cards lagged behind their Beta counterparts in terms of value
However, there are tradeoffs too - spreading yourself across more than one store can be time-consuming and fiddly, plus this dilutes your ability to build up a good seller reputation
Chalice of the Void As my friend Alex explained to me, Chalice is great in a deck like Scam because you need effects for the minimum amount of resources invested, and being a zero mana continuous counterspell for cascade strategies, Chalice is an efficient and quick card thats worth sideboard slots
Theres a flash deck in Standard looming around with cards like Faerie Mastermind and Errant and Giada that can benefit from this card, not to mention Commander decks like Alela, Cunning Conqueror
Originally awarded to winners of a 1998 illustration contest in Japan, fewer than 40 copies exist
