Using Passimian ex as a sacrificial, chip-damaging energy farm is a risky tactic, but with Brock in the deck too, it basically guarantees the ability to instantly set up a Golem and sweep through the rest of your opponents team
While there is a bit of tension between drawing a filter land and another colorless source or two, they amplify your actual colored mana while fixing for colorless
We have other ways to cheat with this card, but it creates its own army quickly, replaces itself, and fuels more graveyard silliness
Im not going to judge the practice of weighing but instead comment on it to help my readers understand why blister packs tend to sell for a premium compared to booster packs
Although it comes with a relatively high base cost, Hunter's Mark can be used extremely cheaply against opponents playing Blue cards (ignoring their inevitable counter-spells, too), and to potentially devastating effect against Blue planeswalkers it's a tempting sideboard card
The very stylish Phyrexian language version of Sheoldred, the Apocalypse is the lowest-priced entry among the four, followed closely by the basic showcase version