Its more interesting as a big mana rock, especially with how many cards weve seen that make you want to spend 7 or even 8 mana to use them
To challenge an opposing character, place your chosen character in the exerted position and select one of your opponents characters that are also in the exerted position to battle
Whispers of the Muse (T1, Ext, S, Block) A favorite in "Turbo Xerox" (a blue deck which used minimal land but a ton of cantrips to thin out the deck), Counter-Phoenix (Shard Phoenix + Forbid) and Tradewind-Awakening (put Awakening on the stack, tap all your lands for mana, untap all your lands), Whispers has what might seem like a hefty price to pay for one card but you get to do it turn after turn after turn
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It might settle out at $20-$25, and thats going to be a good hit
Its something that theyve been doing a fair amount of lately to gate the power of cards, and Im of the mind that they should continue