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As a five-mana 3/4, Gisa makes up for her less than impressive statline with her excellent ability

A 5/5 with trample for six mana, Abaddon provides each spell you cast with Cascade as long as that spell's mana value is less than or equal to the amount of damage you've dealt to your opponents that turn

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All of the specific cards spiking have seen demand in the past

If the average price somehow increased to $3, it would be profitable to just crack boxes (and even more profitable than usual because there's no risk or variance, since the basic land is guaranteed in every pack)

Resellers cannot pay the full market price because they bear the financial risk themselves and need to resell the tickets