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If you are not super comfortable with that just yet, you will want to identify what exactly your decks goal is before you begin building

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One reason is because a main point that collectors are told to examine is the holo pattern

Countering a spell for 2 mana has always been a good rate, and then giving you the ability to stop a power play while effectively stealing the benefits of an opposing Dark Ritual, Black Lotus, and/or Moxen on your next turn was powerful Magic then, and it is certainly not worse now