That said, investment outcomes depend on set demand, timing, and whether you buy at or near MSRP rather than secondary market premiums
All this on a card that is often in play by turn three and will give you vast control over the board
Secondly, and much more importantly, life is a resource that has no baring on the game until the end of the game while a scry has an immediate impact that can continue to accelerate your momentum throughout the game
After the printing of cards cards like Icatian Lieutenant, Dwarven Soldier, and Goblin Chirurgeon in the Fallen Empires set, players realized that there was another factor that mattered besides the color of the card and the mana cost
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Green decks can take this further, and there are some legendary matters synergies that might lure greedy drafters towards a four- or five-color build, but this is nowhere near as viable as in, say, Tarkir: Dragonstorm