Happy weekend, I got this card earlier last year around February for a great price, and its currently the only gold star I own
In Legacy, this card trades up on mana nicely against 8-Cast payoffs like Sai, Master Thopterist while still being a clean answer to the Artifacts mentioned above
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Because it doesnt require exiling a card like Force of Will , it gives you pure card advantage while keeping your board safe
The Limited format was also fantastic and deep, including the morph mechanic and a ton of cool gold cards
For some incurable hobby nerds (like us), knowing these kinds of facts and figures is worthwhile for its own sake - but there are a few more practical reasons why Pokmon cards have standard sizes and weights, and why it pays to commit the stats to memory