This can range from winning coin flips with Chance Encounter to paying 100 total mana for Helix Pinnacle
Since all Darkness type cards use the same background, gold borders, words like weakness/resistance/retreat cost, etc, even if Im not mixing the EXACT same card, this type of interpolation can still help me make sure that Ive aligned them as accurately as humanly possible
And as if that wasnt enough, there are also ultra-rare cards marked by unique colors or symbols (for example, an ultra-rare might have a white or gold star instead of a black one)
The food mechanic is still relatively young though it gets more support every set, so maybe we'll look at this differently in another 12 months
Failing that, they have no real means to defend themselves
The "treat this token as" format would persist for nearly five years, finally getting an update with the massive Sixth Edition rules change in 1999