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This, of course, makes her a very unreliable source of investment, and currently everyone is predicting its fall from grace to a $5-7 range
Its also worth noting that Misthollow Griffin has a mana value of four, which makes Helga a reasonable option for a Bant deck focused around Food Chain
All jokes aside, Alexios is essentially Slicer without the double strike and convert
