First, the black border: this is uniform around the entire card, about 3mm
This might seem like a terrible drawback, but since Monument gives your creatures indestructible, your opponent is left with few ways of killing all of your creatures
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Similarly, if your deck is a mix of Amber and Ruby Ink, you still wouldnt be able to include Pascal, since your deck does not contain both of the required Inks
It gets better with self-mill effects and evasive creatures, and youll eventually get to cast instants and sorceries from your hand for free
Those other volatile mechanics like dredge and storm have their own ways to shatter underlying assumptions about the tempo of a match, but none are quite as blatant or as versatile as having a second, cooler mana pool
