To supercharge these effects, the best enablers are cards that add, move, or multiply charge counters
Each Pokmon card has a set amount of health points, which, when they are reduced to zero, cause that player to discard that card and play a new Pokmon card in their place
Espeon : Double down on the Altaria/Darkrai model with an additional sleep focus
In their article describing the creative craft of Final Fantasy x MTG, WotC's Dillon Deveney principal narrative game designer for the Universes Beyond team says that Optimistic and Hopeful was one of the design pillars when setting Final Fantasy s tone
Also in Desert Bloom, there are some useful reprints like Ancient Greenwarden, Oracle of Mul Daya, Scute Swarm, Avenger of Zendikar, Ramunap Excavator, and Chromatic Lantern
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Emet-Selch of the Third Seat's first ability)