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When you have access to the best mana ramp, tutors, and card draw effects in the game, it wont take long to build huge hydras like Hydroid Krasis, token generators like Empty the Pits, or powerful payoffs like Villainous Wealth, all of which can be doubled on the cheap via Unbound Flourishing and will be making huge attackers simply for casting these spells
Theres also Arena Tutor if youre an MTGA player and you want to make sure youre on top of your game
In most cases, theres no additional benefit to foretelling a spell, so you need to look at when its favorable to pay over two turns compared to one, and what windows are going to be available to do that
Oh, and it's an uncommon
The mode a player chooses depends on how much mana they spend, mirroring the magic point (MP) gauge in traditional Final Fantasy gameplay