It makes the combat phase, which Wizards have been trying to turn the game more focused on for some years now, more complex, while favoring the use of Battles with immediate effects, previously seen in Sorceries or Enchantments
Its very much a tricksy kinda blue card incidentally, my favorite type of blue card
If you see them clearly, thats a good sign you have a genuine card
This new 2 Ink cost location will grant a player 2 lore for every character banished during a challenge by a character at this location
2025-06-06 If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, you can't look at the new top card until you finish doing so
(If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.) So, fairly self-explanatory here, if a permanent has a Finality Counter on it, and that permanent would die, it doesn't hit the graveyard