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They are the game's currency , used to pay the costs of playing other cards

And on a meta level, the cards themselves are meant to represent books

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Ideally, you would have a Haste enabler in play, such as Concordant Crossroads in order to take advantage of the Dinosaurs abilities right away

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He was so powerful that in one tournament, every single one of the top 8 decks was running 4 copies of him, almost unheard of in Standard.