Everyone who plays the game gets bountiful amounts of each
Then I realized that it makes spells that target your opponents creatures cheaper as well, and now I think it might spawn some very different decks than weve seen
And finally Mangara rewards you for being attacked, which can make him excellent in Queen Marchesa
(How that all went down is a story for another time.) Part of making an ongoing story involved creating an ongoing cast, characters that the audience could connect to and bond with as we told the larger story
For example, in Streets of New Capenna , this meant you ran into gilded foils or possibly Phyrexian language cards
"Once each turn" is a bit of an annoying limit, but in just two turns you'll have enough to pay for Strefan's ability, making it worth the downside