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Normally, some of the better spellslinger support cards cost a bit too much mana to take advantage of

Final Fantasy is here, and we're kicking off our budget exploration of the format with some Rakdos Spellslinger

Its cost can be reduced by the mana values of your noncreature enchantments, which can also be sacrificed for protection

The guardian wyrm, Evrae

Decks that want to play counters are almost always control decks, and control decks would much prefer to gain life rather than cause opponents to lose life, so all things being equal they would have preferred to play with Absorb but there were other considerations that forced most of them down the black road instead

You may play those cards until your next end step