The more you pay, the higher the odds that the pack will contain an item of high value
Between protection from blue and black, both of which have decent creature removal in different forms, and the card advantage of the on-damage ability, there isnt much this Sword leaves you wanting
Its a push and pull for the limited number of creatures you can fit in a deck that needs a critical mass of spells
There is not much to be said in regard to its strengths, as the card has been a format staple in Modern ever since the formats inception in 2011, and every deck playing mountains basically used to auto-include four Bolts in the 75
There's so many options it's a bit overwhelming." This got me thinking that there's a lot of options out there for five-color mana bases, and they can get pretty pricey
Also, the players from 1993 were 15 to 25 at that time and now they're 38 to 48 years old, and most of them have more disposable income." Chang agrees