Duress is a very fair card, it is a preemptive Negate
I suspect the absence of a guaranteed rare in Value boosters is, in part, specifically supposed to deter collectors, so that these boosters stay in stock for kids to buy
Similarly, if a spell is cast without paying its mana cost, but the player did pay mana for additional costs such as from kicker or from Thorn of Amethyst, Vexing Bauble's first ability won't trigger and won't counter that spell
It sure reads like it
Narsets loyalty ability is solid, but its a distraction from the egregious static ability, which works like a Spirit of the Labyrinth that doesnt affect you
It gives cards a kind of faux suspend, but unlike the kind-of-broken Jhoira of the Ghitu, youll have to wait longer for more expensive stuff