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To get the most out of those spells, it helps to be able to afford the mana cost early in the game

Common Black Uncommon Silver Rare Gold And with the release of the Shards of Alara expansion in 2008, we received a fourth rarity: Mythic Rare Orange Most of the time, Rare and Mythic Rare cards are more valuable than Common and Uncommon cards

Black is very useful in these combos as Black plays a similar role as Red does in other combo decks, giving us a way to turn an advantage engine into a damage engine

They would function without it but would be significantly worse

Because thats the case for Brambleguard Captain

Tatyova's also a very good signpost in Foundations Limited, so this is another stellar reprint