The mana source card type lasted for a few years, until Mercadian Masques block, but finally went away when it was clear that the game could handle the mana issues without creating an entirely new card type that was causing lots of confusion
Best start selling those OG Base Set cards if you want to afford a copy.
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma Magic's best bear, Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma provides an incredible cost reduction
This deck is also an elf tribal build
The art depicts Chandelure floating through a city at night, possibly looking for its next victim
This can lead to Spirit Reaper getting a direct shot at your opponents life points and discarding a card from their hand, or Vampire Lord with his 2000 ATK points getting a nice chunk of your opponents life points and a card out of their deck