718.3d: If a permanent that was a prototyped spell is copied, the copy has the alternative power, toughness, and mana cost characteristics of the permanent and not the normal power and toughness characteristics of the card that represents that permanent
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What I am trying to aim for in this article is that if you are playing an extremely budget based deck at an FNM or other tournament, there are other options out there that have already proven themselves as a viable archetype that probably arent much more expensive than your deck
So, depending on which version youre looking for, just be prepared to spend six figures if you want to beat out the heavy hitters who may be chasing the same Lotus
Card grading specialists Beckett (BGS) and PSA have respectively graded 263 and 110 Alpha Black Lotus cards in total over the years, with a combined 140 cards graded as Mint 9 condition or higher on the companies 10-point scale
There are of course the usual mana rocks to help things along (such as Izzet signet and Talisman of Creativity), but Izzet has more creative ways of ramping out spells than merely creating mana
