Its fine to encase a trading card in plastic and get a standardized look at the condition under the watchful eye of an expert, but at that point, you are taking the item off the table as a playable card
Once your Humans are all in play, you can clear the battlefield with Taunt from the Ramparts, goading all your opponents creatures and preventing them from being able to block, opening the way for your creatures to sweep through
Its a Mind Spring for a color combination that doesnt usually have access to such a thing, and theres even some amount of selection involved (sort of)
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As low as the mana curve is for this deck, Land Tax can be a great first-turn spell
Lifelink is an obvious choice