The fan base is split between those who simply want to build up a larger collection and those focused on getting the strongest cards for the battles themselves
The satisfaction that arises from slamming a Choke, staring your opponent down in the gut of their eye and passing back knowing they cant do anything for the rest of the damn game
When joking about Eidolon of Rhetoric, for instance, u/MediocreBeard highlighted there are more ways to inflict anime on your opponents in MTG
Those abilities can be put on the stack in either order (if you control them both), and theyll both resolve before the spell that caused them to trigger
In July 2025, keep an eye on expansions like Black Bolt and White Flare for emerging meta shifts
Currently around $4.70, which feels steep for a common, but the demand is real