A simple way to start evaluating a card is to ask yourself, What value do I get for playing this? EDH is a game of big spells, big creatures, and big plays, so a vanilla 2/2 probably isnt going to get very far into your deck construction process if you start with this question
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Warrior is extremely vulnerable to Brain Control and Creature Swap, so we know all of our theft spells will go off, and it has difficulty climbing over anything bigger than 2000 ATK (or DEF) as Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning is their only way to do so via battle
What I love about these cards is you dont always notice it at first
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The MSRP is 5,400, but boxes trade at approximately 9,000 (~$61) on the secondary market as of March 2026