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I'm sure they talked about making the creature have a mana cost of 2C to match the original Battlemages, but they felt that being a 2/2 with two off-color abilities captured enough of the feel of a Battlemage and the cheaper mana value made it play better

He notes blind spots (selective land kill, stack interaction) and offers picks and a Moxfield package

Making people take damage for every land they tap for mana is a bad feel

First, the Call of Legends set includes reprints from HGSS, including the Energy cardsbut this time, they got the shiny treatment as reverse holos

It must not be an internally popular mechanic either, because it's rarely used in the rules text of cards, even when it could be