For once, this is pretty straightforward, and I appreciate Wizards giving us a break from the wacky things theyve done in sets to make certain things more scarce than usual
There closest comparison I could find to this ability is Netherborn Altar, which also lets you avoid paying the mana cost of the command tax by paying life instead but it's definitely not as good unless you have ways to remove the soul counters off it
Arixmethes can tap for mana the turn it enters the battlefield as long as it has slumber counters on it
Rising Stars: 2026 Breakout Expensive Cards Before looking at the summer calendar, we must look at the "Whale Movers" holding value right now
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Unless they win the game on the spot, or they have some addition to the card, (such as the milling added to the countering of Induce Paranoia) the vast majority of these cards are card disadvantage
