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Since Commander starts with a generous 40 life, its easy to view this as just another resource that can be spent to come out ahead

Now imagine this: Zoro T3 Fire Fist Kuzan and Brannew(Swing 7 with leader, all units remain standing) Lucci T3 Kaku destroys a Buggy(Leader attacks Zoro, Zoro now has 3 life and 2 units) Zoro T4 Jet Pistol Kaku(Lucci has no attackers on board) (Leader attacks Lucci for 6, Buggy and Dadan swing for 5K

Pokemon stamp in the bottom corner it is one of the most limited Energy cards

While most games that attempt the model have varying degrees of success, for better or worse, its become a permanent fixture of keeping ongoing games feeling new to players who may not have heard of it prior

You put Twin on a key creature, you make infinite copies, and you swing for the win