Players were encouraged to trade cards with each other to complete sets, acquire powerful cards, or simply personalize their collections
This one-mana instant permanently exiles any creature while giving its controller life equal to the creatures power, providing clean answers to threats at the lowest possible cost
They go particularly well with Narset, Parter of the Veils, and sometimes that two-card combo is enough to make the opponent concede
Is a Replacement Effect a Triggered Ability
The holographic charizard stood apart from the rest of the set, particularly on early Base Set printings known for darker tones and noticeable holo bleed
To keep the fun of Set Boosters, we needed some variance in the slots, so we couldn't lock down exactly how many of each rarity a particular booster would have, but we needed to up the number of commons