mtg pregame cards Mastery of the Unseen #_(Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature Does Leyline of Anticipation grant

Opening a single box at $420 for EV purposes: the Surge Foil Borderless cards average $60-280 for the top characters, with multiple lower-value hits expected per box

Black also includes edict effects spells that force opponents to sacrifice permanents allowing you to circumvent hexproof, protection, and indestructible

Some packs even contain a premium foil card

Then he's cheaper to cast for each different mana value in your graveyard so he's all about that graveyard use and abuse

In that case, it would be a shock to everyone at the table and not something predictable that is ticking up for multiple turns

First, some raw numbers