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A Shift ability also means she can come into play a bit early, and eight willpower will make her hard to take out even later

The one toughness at first glance does make the card look dodgy however when you realise you can both pump the card and make it indestructible with zero mana sacrifices the low toughness is pretty irrelevant

It was also the first card banned after consultation with the Commander Advisory Groupand to be fair to them, their individual opinions covered a broad range

Most of the time that training pays off, but occasionally a card stacks up enough raw value to be worth running regardless

Blacks Crystal offers some rather unique effects that could go in a variety of different decks, but unlike some of the other Crystals, this doesnt really create any exponential value

And dont get me started on the cards name