To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of The Earth Crystal's first ability)
As a result, in order to use this card properly, I had to adopt other races that were not right to break down the balance of the deck, but this problem was only solved when insect tuners such as Nakur butterfly appeared
When a lot of trading card games were first being released, there were limited prints because companies werent yet sure whether theyd sell well
Then you simply pitch all your excess energy cards into the bin to deal as much damage as is needed, followed by trainer cards that can retrieve them all so you can have another go
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