A single trigger is usually somewhat costly, and only increments each pile of counters by one
At the time the card was released, those kinds of stereotypes were all too common in tabletop RPGs at the time, such as the Vistani in Dungeons & Dragons , or Clan Ravnos in Vampire: The Masquerade
Its pretty good there
(2020-01-24) If a spell you're casting with escape has an additional cost of discarding cards or sacrificing permanents, you may exile cards discarded or sacrificed this way to pay that part of its escape cost
There is almost always a cycle of five at each rarity, and depending on the set they may be allied or enemy colored
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx It was a dangerous move to make Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, since by this point in Magic history they didn't really mess with lands that have the potential to create a ton of mana