The Cursed Blast ability lets you put 13 damage counters on one of your opponents Pokemon, benched or active
As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.
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For instance, if youre playing the classic Ixalan red sorcery Star of Extinction which deals a staggering 20 damage to all creatures if you have the Altisaur in play, all of your Dinos only take one damage from that spell, which will activate all of their Enrage abilities while wiping out the entirety of your foes boards
The only way the format adapts is to increase the average casting cost, which in turn puts too hard of a focal point on whether or not the first spell each game gets countered for free
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