For legendary creatures I'll still assign one letter grade, but also talk about the card's viability as a commander or in the 99
Vincent Proce's art sells this mix of living and dead incredibly, as, while some faces are clearly living or dead, there are too many who could fall either way, implying nobody would know which mouths to trust 7 Ad Nauseam Ad Nauseam is terrifying for a whole number of gameplay reasons, with entire "Adnaus" decks based around playing it for an easy win
Investment experts like those at Splint Invest emphasize rarity and condition: graded PSA 10 cards appreciate 40-60% annually, while sealed ETBs from Mega Evolution double in 6-12 months
But Bennie, you might respond, in a four-player game youre not going to necessarily lose if you stumble on mana in the first few turns of the game, and my deck having a higher percentage of powerful spells means once I turn the corner, Ill be able to impact the game more down the road. Which may be true if your opponents are merciful, and you get lucky
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The cost of playing four Pack Rats is cutting some number of removal spells from your deck, which makes you less interactive with all of the other creature-based devotion decks, but it gives you a proactive game plan that often forces them to interact with you in ways they arent prepared to do
