If your commander has a converted mana cost of three, casting it a second time will cost a total of five mana, and then seven, and so on
Check it out: Total Rare Value Prior to Release: $821 (Estimated) $497 more than Masters 25 ($324) $468 more than MM17 ($353) $68 more than Iconic Masters ($753) $517 more than MM15 ($304) Average Rare Value Prior to Release: $15.50 (Estimated) $9.31 more than Masters 25 ($6.11) $8.85 more than MM17 ($6.65) $1.55 more than Iconic Masters ($13.95) $9.77 more than MM15 ($5.73) Im sure that some of you want to quibble with my $5/rare estimate for the unknown cards, but were so far ahead of the game on value with Ultimate Masters that it doesnt even matter all that much if the rest of the set is a complete bust
However, its more effective in the late game as long as the opponents being attacked have lower life totals
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This is especially true for the way OP decks like Mach Strike, where all you need realistically is one Gible and a energy card to evolve into Garchamp and the pain is even worse if you or your opponent has not drawn any energy cards to fight back