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Beyond just being iconic, the mana system in Magic: The Gathering is at the core of the games balancing

The flipped card has the same mana value as the unflipped card because its the same card

Feed the Cycle has a backup mode of costing 3 mana if you dont want to forage, which is a bigger benefit than you may realize

Having done a few of these it seems as if there are some clear winners in the world of commanders

With the new world order pushing the power level of creatures, planeswalkers, and threats in general so hard in the last five years, getting ahead on mana and on the board is critically important, and not much does that better than a turn one mana creature

Timing restrictions based on the cards type (if its a sorcery) are ignored